Neivamyrmex emeryi

Neivamyrmex emeryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Neivamyrmex
Species:	N. emeryi
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex emeryi (Santschi, 1921) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Eciton emeryi exagona Santschi, 1923

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia (type locality), Peru.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Eciton emeryi exagona. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0911395. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• emeryi. Eciton (Acamatus) emeryi Santschi, 1921g: 92 (footnote) (m.) BOLIVIA.
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • [Note: this taxon is based on dorbignyi Shuckard, 1840b: 259, sensu Emery, 1900a: 177, misidentification.]
  • Type-locality: Bolivia (no further data).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 13.
  • Status as species: Santschi, 1923g: 1261; Borgmeier, 1955: 317 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 154; Watkins, 1976: 20 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 288; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 110.
  • Senior synonym of exagona: Borgmeier, 1955: 317; Kempf, 1972a: 154; Bolton, 1995b: 288.
  • Distribution: Bolivia, Peru.
• exagona. Eciton (Acamatus) emeryi var. exagona Santschi, 1923g: 1261 (m.) PERU.
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: Peru: Cailoma (Le Moult).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of emeryi: Borgmeier, 1939: 417.
  • Junior synonym of emeryi: Borgmeier, 1955: 317; Kempf, 1972a: 154; Bolton, 1995b: 288.

References

• Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 13, Combination in Neivamyrmex)
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 317, Senior synonym of exagona)
• Santschi, F. 1921g. Ponerinae, Dorylinae et quelques autres formicides néotropiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 54: 81-103 (page 92, male described (footnote))

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Baroni Urbani C. 1977. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitt. Entomol. Ges. Basel (n.s.) 27: 61-102.
• Borgmeier T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Studia Entomologica 2: 1-51.
• Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
• Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
• Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
• Santschi F. 1923. Descriptions de quelques nouvelles fourmis du Brésil. Revista do Museu Paulista 13: 1255-1264.