Neivamyrmex orthonotus
Neivamyrmex orthonotus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Neivamyrmex |
Species: | N. orthonotus |
Binomial name | |
Neivamyrmex orthonotus (Borgmeier, 1933) |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -2.983333333° to -22.908°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), Paraguay.
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. |
Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
Worker. Specimen code casent0173528. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- orthonotus. Eciton (Acamatus) orthonotum Borgmeier, 1933d: 165 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro, Goiás).
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated, “several”).
- Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Mendes, ix.1933, no. 52 (H. Eidmann); paratypes: workers with same data, workers Brazil: Goiás, Campinas, xii.1928, and i.1933 (Schwarzmaier), workers Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 9.xi.1928 (J.F. Zikán).
- Type-depositories: IBVR (holotype); MHNG, MSNG, MZSP, NHMB (paratypes).
- Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 5.
- Status as species: Eidmann, 1936a: 31; Borgmeier, 1955: 565 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 157; Watkins, 1976: 12 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 290; Wild, 2007b: 26.
- Distribution: Brazil.
Description
References
- Borgmeier, T. 1933d. Sobre algumas especies de formigas do genero Eciton Latreille. Arch. Esc. Super. Agric. Med. Vet. Nictheroy 10: 161-168. (page 165, worker described)
- Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 5, Combination in Neivamyrmex)
- Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 565, see also)
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.
- 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.
- Kempf W. W. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Marinho C. G. S., R. Zanetti, J. H. C. Delabie, M. N. Schlindwein, and L. de S. Ramos. 2002. Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Diversity in Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) Plantations and Cerrado Litter in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Neotropical Entomology 31(2): 187-195.
- Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp
- Wild, A. L. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.