Megalomyrmex weyrauchi

Megalomyrmex weyrauchi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Megalomyrmex
Species:	M. weyrauchi
Binomial name
Megalomyrmex weyrauchi Kempf, 1970 Specimen Labels

Known only from the type series, nothing is known about the biology of Megalomyrmex weyrauchi.

Identification

Brandão (1990) - The petiolar shape of M. weyrauchi, in side or front views, clearly separate this species from all other known Megalomyrmex of the Modestus group.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -6.516666667° to -10.883333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil, Peru (type locality).

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.

Nomenclature

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

• weyrauchi. Megalomyrmex weyrauchi Kempf, 1970c: 357, figs. 3, 4 (w.) PERU.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 28 paratype workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Peru: Llama, 2350 m., no. 1070 (W. Weyrauch); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: MZSP (holotype); MCZC, MZSP (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 140; Brandão, 1990b: 427 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 250; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 118.
  • Distribution: Peru.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Brandão (1990) - Mandibles smooth with 5-6 teeth; anterior border of clypeus with a median denticle; frontal suture impressed; 3-segmented club; pronotum not tuberculate; promesonotal suture not impressed on thorax dorsum; mesosternum and metasternum without ventral teeth; declivity smooth: anterior slope of petiole straight; ventral face of petiole with anterior denticle; postpetiole without ventral process.

Pilosity: hairs (ca. .lmm) uniformly distributed over the entire body surface, more profuse on the mandibles, head vertex, escape, petiole dorsum, postpetiole, legs and gaster apex.

Color: brown, amost black, opaque.

Type Material

Brandão (1990) - Llama, northern Peru, 2350m, possibly Llama, Cajamarca, Peru (06° 31'S, 79° 08'W). Holotype and 27 paratypes Museu de Zoologia da USP: 5 paratypes Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. At the MCZ collection I found 5 more specimens, clearly labelled as paratypes by Kempf himself. To the Tucuman specimens I added a label saying “not in the original description, Brandao, 1985”.

References

• Brandão, C. R. F. 1990b. Systematic revision of the Neotropical ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of thirteen new species. Arq. Zool. (São Paulo) 31: 411-481 (page 427, see also)
• Kempf, W. W. 1970c. Taxonomic notes on ants of the genus Megalomyrmex Forel, with the description of new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 13: 353-364 (page 357, figs. 3, 4 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bezdeckova K., P. Bedecka, and I. Machar. 2015. A checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Peru. Zootaxa 4020 (1): 101–133.
• Escalante Gutiérrez J. A. 1993. Especies de hormigas conocidas del Perú (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Peruana de Entomología 34:1-13.
• Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
• Kempf W. W. 1970. Taxonomic notes on ants of the genus Megalomyrmex Forel, with the description of new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 13: 353-364.
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
• Miranda P. N., F. B. Baccaro, E. F. Morato, M. A. Oliveira. J. H. C. Delabie. 2017. Limited effects of low-intensity forest management on ant assemblages in southwestern Amazonian forests. Biodivers. Conserv. DOI 10.1007/s10531-017-1368-y
• Ulyssea M. A., C. R. F. Brandao. 2013. Catalogue of Dacetini and Solenopsidini ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papies Avulsos de Zoologia 53(14): 187-209.