Goniomma blanci

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Goniomma blanci
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Goniomma
Species: G. blanci
Binomial name
Goniomma blanci
(André, 1881)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 43.833056° to 36.2179°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: France (type locality), Iberian Peninsula, Portugal, Spain.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Morphology

Castro et al. (2016) described a stridulatory structure in this species. They used SEM photographs to discern the details they reported

The striation is somewhat thicker than in Goniomma hispanicum (1.10 μm in G. blanci and 0.80 μm in G. hispanicum). Pillars are conspicuous with many teeth on their surface and with the base showing a cell-shaped pattern

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Goniomma blanciWorker. Specimen code casent0907756. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • blanci. Aphaenogaster blanci André, 1881a: 60 and xlviii (w.) FRANCE.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: France: Marseille (M. Blanc).
    • Type-depository: MNHN.
    • [Misspelled as blaci by Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 14 (in key).]
    • Espadaler & Batet, 1979: 11 (q.); Espadaler, 1984: 138 (m.).
    • Combination in Stenamma (Goniomma): Emery, 1895c: 298;
    • combination in Oxyopomyrmex (Goniomma): Forel, 1905b: 176;
    • combination in Goniomma: Emery, 1908e: 460.
    • Status as species: André, 1883b: 350 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 100; Emery, 1908e: 460; Bondroit, 1918: 163; Emery, 1921f: 75; Santschi, 1929e: 145 (in key); Bernard, 1967: 155 (redescription); Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 65; Collingwood, 1978: 80 (in key); Espadaler & Batet, 1979: 11; Acosta Salmerón, 1982: 13 (redescription); Espadaler, 1984: 138; Bolton, 1995b: 211; Espadaler, 1997b: 29; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 14 (in key); Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 488; Borowiec, L. 2014: 80; Lebas, et al. 2016: 280.
    • Distribution: France, Portugal, Spain.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Acosta, F. J., M. D. Martínez Ibáñez, and M. A. Morales. "Contribución al conocimiento de la mirmecofauna del encinar peninsular. I." Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 6 (2) (1983): 379-391.
  • AntArea. Accessed on February 5th 2014 at http://antarea.fr/fourmi/
  • Antarea (Personal Communication - Rumsais Blatrix- 27 April 2018)
  • Antarea (at www.antarea.fr on June 11th 2017)
  • Asociacion Iberica de Mirmecologia. 2016. List of species collected during the Taxomara Murcia 2016. Iberomyrmex 8: 48-49.
  • Bernard F. 1967. Faune de l'Europe et du Bassin Méditerranéen. 3. Les fourmis (Hymenoptera Formicidae) d'Europe occidentale et septentrionale. Paris: Masson, 411 pp.
  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2017. New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern Portugal. Acta Entomologica Silesiana 25(3): 1-10.
  • Casevitz-Weulersse J., and C. Galkowski. 2009. Liste actualisee des Fourmis de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 114: 475-510.
  • Collingwood C., and A. Prince. 1998. A guide to ants of continental Portugal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia. Suplemento 5: 1-49.
  • Cuesta-Segura A. D., and F. Garcia garcia. 2012. First inventory of the ants of the province of Burgos (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Iberomyrmex 4: 4.
  • Della Santa E. 1995. Fourmis de Provence. Faune Provence 16: 5-37.
  • Espadaler, X., and J. Muñoz Batet. "Goniomma blanci (André, 1881), descripción de la hembra." Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 3 (1979): 11-15.
  • Espadaler, X.. "Formícidos de los alrededores de la laguna de Sariñena (Huesca). Descripción del macho de Camponotus foreli Emery." Colección Estudios Altoaragoneses 6 (1986): 109-126.
  • Espadaler, X.. "Leptothorax nadigi Kutter, 1925 y Goniomma blanci (André, 1881): Descripción de los machos." Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 8 (1984): 135-141.
  • Forel A. 1905. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185.
  • Forel, A.. "Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905)." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 49 (1905): 155-185.
  • Garcia Garcia F., and A. D. Cuesta-Esgura. 2017. First catalogue of the ants of Burgos province, Spain (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 60: 245–258.
  • Gomez C., D. Casellas, J. Oliveras, and J. M. Bas. 2003. Structure of ground-foraging ant assemblages in relation to land-use change in the northwestern Mediterranean region. Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 2135–2146.
  • González Martín J. D., and X. Espadaler. 2011. Formicidos del País Vasco (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Nuevas aportaciones. Heteropterus Revista de Entomologia 11(1): 109-122.
  • Hernandez Cuba O., C. Perez Banon, and M. A. Marcos Garcia. 2008. Los formicidos (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) del Parque natural de la Font Roja. Iberis 6: 9-20.
  • Rodríguez, A.. "Contribución al conocimiento de las hormigas (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) de Sierra Morena Central." Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 5 (1982): 181-188.
  • Suñer i Escriche, David. "Contribució al coneixement mirmecologic de Gavarres, Montgrí, Guilleríes i la Serralada Transversal." Tesis Doctoral Universida (1991): 577 pp.