Nesomyrmex brimodus
Nesomyrmex brimodus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Nesomyrmex |
Species: | N. brimodus |
Binomial name | |
Nesomyrmex brimodus (Bolton, 1995) | |
Synonyms | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Mexico, Venezuela (type locality).
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- timidus. Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex) timidus Kempf, 1959c: 420, figs. 10, 14 (w.) VENEZUELA. [Junior primary homonym of Leptothorax convexus var. timida Santschi, 1912c: 148 (now in Temnothorax).] Replacement name: brimodus Bolton, 1995b: 236.
- brimodus. Leptothorax brimodus Bolton, 1995b: 236. Replacement name for timidus Kempf, 1959c: 420. [Junior primary homonym of timidus Santschi, 1912c: 148.] Combination in Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 272.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 236, Replacement name)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 272, Combination in Nesomyrmex)
- Kempf, W. W. 1959d. A synopsis of the New World species belonging to the Nesomyrmex-group of the ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 2: 391-432 (page 420, Replacement name for timidus)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Kempf W. W. 1959. A synopsis of the New World species belonging to the Nesomyrmex-group of the ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)2: 391-432.