Neivamyrmex emersoni

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Neivamyrmex emersoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Neivamyrmex
Species: N. emersoni
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex emersoni
(Wheeler, W.M., 1921)

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Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 10.36666667° to 10.28333333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana (type locality), Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

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

O'Donnell et al. (2020) report this species foraging only at night.

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • emersoni. Eciton (Acamatus) angustinode subsp. emersoni Wheeler, W.M. 1921d: 311 (w.) GUYANA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Guyana: Kartabo, 1920 (W.M. Wheeler).
    • Type-depositories: AMNH, MCZC, MZSP.
    • Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 18.
    • Status as species: Borgmeier, 1953: 18; Borgmeier, 1955: 555 (redescription); Kempf, 1970b: 324; Kempf, 1972a: 154; Watkins, 1976: 12 (in key); Brandão, 1991: 360; Bolton, 1995b: 288; Palacio, 1999: 155 (in key); Palacio, 2019: 620.
    • Senior synonym of haskinsi: Borgmeier, 1955: 555; Kempf, 1972a: 154; Bolton, 1995b: 288.
    • Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad.
  • haskinsi. Eciton (Neivamyrmex) angustinode subsp. haskinsi Weber, 1943b: 68, fig. 1 (w.) TRINIDAD.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Trinidad: Northern Range, Morne Bleu, 23.vi.1935, no. 209.2 (C.P. Haskins).
    • Type-depositories: AMNH, MCZC.
    • Junior synonym of emersoni: Borgmeier, 1955: 555; Kempf, 1972a: 154; Bolton, 1995b: 289.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
  • Esteves F. A., C. R. F. Brandao, and L. P. Prado. 2011. The type specimens of Dorylomorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Aenictinae, Ecitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Leptanilloidinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 51(22): 341-397.
  • Fernández F., and E. E. Palacio. 1995. Hormigas de Colombia IV: nuevos registros de géneros y especies. Caldasia 17: 587-596.
  • Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
  • Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
  • Goitia W., and K. Jaffe. 2009. Ant-Plant Associations in Different Forests in Venezuela. Neotropical Entomology 38(1): 007-031.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Weber N. A. 1943. New ants from Venezuela and neighboring countries. Bol. Entomol. Venez. 2: 67-78.