Neivamyrmex guyanensis

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Neivamyrmex guyanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Neivamyrmex
Species: N. guyanensis
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex guyanensis
(Santschi, 1916)

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 10.36666667° to 10.36666667°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Colombia, French Guiana (type locality), Guyana, Panama, Suriname, 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

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Holotype of Eciton latiscapum nocuaMale (alate). Specimen code casent0911397. 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.

  • guyanensis. Eciton (Acamatus) latiscapum var. guyanensis Santschi, 1916e: 369 (m.) FRENCH GUIANA.
    • Type-material: holotype male.
    • Type-locality: French Guiana: Nouveau Chantier (Le Moult).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 13.
    • Status as species: Borgmeier, 1955: 580 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 155; Watkins, 1976: 26 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 289; Palacio, 1999: 160 (in key).
    • Senior synonym of nocua: Borgmeier, 1953: 14; Borgmeier, 1955: 580; Kempf, 1972a: 155; Bolton, 1995b: 289.
    • Distribution: French Guiana, Panama.
  • nocua. Eciton (Acamatus) latiscapum var. nocua Santschi, 1921g: 94 (m.) FRENCH GUIANA.
    • Type-material: holotype male.
    • Type-locality: French Guiana: Nouveau Chantier (Le Moult).
    • Type-depository: MNHN.
    • Junior synonym of guyanensis: Borgmeier, 1953: 14; Borgmeier, 1955: 580; Kempf, 1972a: 155; Bolton, 1995b: 290.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • 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.
  • Fernández F., E. E. Palacio, W. P. Mackay, and E. S. MacKay. 1996. Introducción al estudio de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Colombia. Pp. 349-412 in: Andrade M. G., G. Amat García, and F. Fernández. (eds.) 1996. Insectos de Colombia. Estudios escogidos. Bogotá: Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 541 pp
  • 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.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Santschi F. 1916. Formicides sudaméricains nouveaux ou peu connus. Physis (Buenos Aires). 2: 365-399.
  • Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp