Myrmecina silvalaeva

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Myrmecina silvalaeva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Myrmecina
Species: M. silvalaeva
Binomial name
Myrmecina silvalaeva
Shattuck, 2009

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This rainforest species is known from a limited number of collections from a small area of the wet tropics, northern Queensland. It has been collected from leaf litter samples.

Identification

Shattuck (2009) - Sculpturing on anterior mesonotum consisting of continuous transverse “U”-shaped carinae, the area immediately behind the pronotal collar weakly sculptured or essentially smooth. This species is most similar to Myrmecina eruga and Myrmecina pumila in having weakly developed sculpturing on the pronotum immediately behind the collar but differs in having transversely arched (rather than longitudinal) carinae on the dorsum of the mesosoma.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -17.26666667° to -17.36667061°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (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.

  • silvalaeva. Myrmecina silvalaeva Shattuck, 2009a: 15, figs. 5, 7, 29-31, 47 (w.) AUSTRALIA.

Type Material

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

Description

Worker

Antennal scapes smooth with one or two low ridges. First segment of funiculus cone-shaped. Sides of head behind compound eyes smooth. Sculpturing on dorsal surface of mesosoma “U”-shaped anteriorly and “V”-shaped posteriorly, dorsal surface of pronotum immediately behind the collar with very weak sculpturing and nearly smooth. Carinae extending continuously from the dorsal surface onto the lateral surfaces of the mesosoma. Metanotal spines short. Propodeal spines long. Erect hairs abundant, straight, relatively short. Colour dark brown-black, antennae, mandibles, legs and tip of gaster yellow-red.

(n = 3) — CI 93–96; HL 0.60–0.61; HW 0.56–0.59; MTL 0.29–0.29; SI 79–90; SL 0.47–0.52; WL 0.70–0.73.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Shattuck S. O. 2009. A revision the Australian species of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2146: 1-21.