Ectatomma confine
Ectatomma confine | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Ectatomma |
Species: | E. confine |
Binomial name | |
Ectatomma confine Mayr, 1870 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 8.982919° to 5.9783°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia (type locality), Honduras, Panama.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
Estimated Abundance
Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
Biology
Castes
Worker
Images from AntWeb
Syntype of Ectatomma confine. Worker. Specimen code casent0905378. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- confine. Ectatomma confine Mayr, 1870a: 397 (w.) COLOMBIA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Colombia (“New Granada”): (no further data).
- Type-depositories: MCZC, NHMW.
- Combination in Ectatomma (Ectatomma): Mayr, 1887: 539.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 23; Emery, 1911d: 42; Mann, 1916: 406; Borgmeier, 1923: 56; Brown, 1958g: 208, 295; Kempf, 1972a: 104; Kugler, C. & Brown, 1982: 2; Fernández, 1991: 554 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 186; Arias-Penna, 2006: 446; Arias-Penna, 2008b: 61; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 665; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 10.
- Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Description
References
- Arias-Penna, Tania M. 2006. Redescription of the ant Ectatomma confine Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and first record for colombia. Entomological News Volume: 117 Issue: 4 Page(s): 445-450.
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 295, see also)
- Kugler, C.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1982. Revisionary and other studies on the ant genus Ectatomma, including the description of two new species. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 24: 1-8 (page 2, see also)
- Mayr, G. 1870a. Formicidae novogranadenses. Sitzungsber. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. Abt. I 61: 370-417 (page 397, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Achury R., and A.V. Suarez. 2017. Richness and composition of ground-dwelling ants in tropical rainforest and surrounding landscapes in the Colombian Inter-Andean valley. Neotropical Entomology https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-017-0565-4
- Arias-Penna T. M. 2008. Subfamilia Ectatomminae. Pp. 53-107 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp.
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).