Liometopum orientale

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Liometopum orientale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Liometopum
Species: L. orientale
Binomial name
Liometopum orientale
Karavaiev, 1927

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Russian Federation (type locality).

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

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • orientale. Liometopum microcephalum var. orientalis Karavaiev, 1927d: 339 (w.) RUSSIA. Kupyanskaya, 1988: 31 (q.m.). Raised to species: Kupyanskaya, 1988: 29. See also: Kupyanskaya, 1990: 157; Del Toro, et al. 2009: 337.

The following notes on V.A. Karavaiev type specimens have been provided by Martynov & Radchenko (2016) based on material held in the Institute of Zoology, Ukrainian Academy of Science:

Type locality(-ies): “Sutschan-Bergmine, Ussurigebiet, 20.VII.1926 (Nr. 3082), Kotschubej, zahlreiche ww”.

Original Karawajew label(-s): “Liometopum / microcephalum Panz. / Сучанский рудн. Уссур. об. / Кочубей / Караваев det. 3082 [Suchansky mine, Ussuri Prov. / Kochubei leg. / Karawajew det.”.

Material: SYNTYPES, 5 w (newly mounted, IN 314/6/2), 266 w (in alcohol, IN 314/BAMS1/Karaw69, 70).

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Martynov A. V., and A. G. Radchenko. 2016. Karawajew’s ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Zootaxa 4097 (2): 244–254.
  • Radchenko, A. 2005. Monographic revision of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of North Korea. Annales Zoologici 55(2): 127-221.