Ectatomma lugens
Ectatomma lugens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Ectatomma |
Species: | E. lugens |
Binomial name | |
Ectatomma lugens Emery, 1894 |
This species was found in semideciduous mesophytic forest pitfall-trap samples. The study (Lange et al. 2015) examined the ant community within a patch (11.2 hectares) of forest in an urban park (Araguari, Brazil).
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.468° to -64.36°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
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Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality), Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname.
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
Association with Other Organisms
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- This species is a host for the phorid fly Apocephalus paraponerae (a parasite) (Brown et al., 2015) (injured).
- This species is a host for the phorid fly Dohrniphora sp (not D. longi-gp) (a parasite) (Brown et al., 2015) (injured).
- This species is a prey for the phorid fly Dohrniphora sp. (a predator) (Quevillon, 2018).
Castes
Worker
Images from AntWeb
Holotype of Ectatomma lugens. Worker. Specimen code casent0905380. 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.
- lugens. Ectatomma opaciventre var. lugens Emery, 1894c: 144 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Brazil: Pará (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Almeida, 1987: 177 (q.).
- Subspecies of opaciventre: Forel, 1895b: 142.
- Subspecies of strigosum: Forel, 1909a: 265; Emery, 1911d: 43; Wheeler, W.M. 1916c: 2; Borgmeier, 1923: 58.
- Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 208; Kempf, 1961b: 490; Kempf, 1972a: 104; Kugler, C. & Brown, 1982: 6 (in key); Almeida: 1987: 177; Brandão, 1991: 341; Fernández, 1991: 554 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 187; Arias-Penna, 2008b: 63; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 110; Feitosa, 2015c: 97; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 665; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 10.
- Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname.
Description
References
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- 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 208, Raised to species)
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References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
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