Myopias kuehni

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Myopias kuehni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Myopias
Species: M. kuehni
Binomial name
Myopias kuehni
(Forel, 1902)

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

  • kuehni. Trapeziopelta kuehni Forel, 1902b: 179 (q.) INDONESIA (Key I.).
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Key Is (= Maluku, Kai Is) (Kühn).
    • Type-depository: SMFM.
    • [Misspelled as kueni by Emery, 1911d: 93, Chapman & Capco, 1951: 75.]
    • Combination in Myopias: Bolton, 1995b: 269.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 93; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 75; Bolton, 1995b: 269.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Kai).

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 269, Combination in Myopias)
  • Forel, A. 1902b. Quatre notices myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 170-182 (page 179, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.