Nomamyrmex hartigii

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Nomamyrmex hartigii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Nomamyrmex
Species: N. hartigii
Binomial name
Nomamyrmex hartigii
(Westwood, 1842)

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Specimen labels

Synonyms

Identification

Watkins (1977) - Workers: postoccipital sulcus absent; dorsum of petiole without longitudinal rugae. Males: border of head behind ocellar peduncle without a lamella; first gastric tergite without longitudinal rugae; width of blade of stipes at least two-thirds its length; posteroventral projection of volsella triangular with a small dorsal tooth near sharp apex. The characteristics of N. hartigi are very uniform throughout its entire range.

Jack Longino:

'Worker: back of head without deep transverse groove (present in esenbeckii complex); top of petiole smooth (longitudinally wrinkled in esenbeckii complex).

Male: Border of head behind ocellar peduncle without a narrow lamella (present in esenbeckii complex); first gastric tergite without longitudinal rugae (present in esenbeckii complex); width of blade of stipes two thirds its length (about half its length in esenbeckii complex); posteroventral projection of volsella triangular with a small dorsal tooth near the sharp apex (volsellae blunt, gradually tapered or snout-shaped in esenbeckii complex).

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 19.570181° to -27.09722222°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, 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

Jack Longino: Nomamyrmex hartigii is a New World army ants. It presumably shares with all army ants the habits of group raiding and colony nomadism. This species is much less often seen than members of the esenbeckii complex. My own observations of hartigii are limited to the following:

At Sirena, Corcovado National Park, I observed a nasutiform termite nest on the ground. Thousands of termites had abandoned the nest and were coating the surrounding vegetation. Entire Heliconia leaves had continuous mono-layers of termites. Dolichoderus bispinosus were preying on the termites above ground. I flipped the termite nest and found masses of Nomamyrmex hartigii workers beneath. They had moved into the base from a tunnel and were carrying away termites from several large caches of dead termites.

In Monteverde, at 1400m elevation in the center of the community, I observed a column crossing a hard-packed rock road (near Pension Flor Mar). The column emerged from the ground on one side of the road and disappeared below ground on the other.

These observations suggest that this species is largely subterranean. Thus, even though it is very infrequently collected, little can be said about its absolute abundance.

Association with Other Organisms

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  • This species is a host for the diapriid wasp Mimopria comes (a parasite) (www.diapriid.org).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Cremersia sp. (a parasite) in Panama (Brown & Fenner, 1998).
  • This species is a associate (details unknown) for the diapriid wasp Mimopria comes (a associate (details unknown)) (Quevillon, 2018).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Cremersia brasiliensis (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Cremersia brasiliensis (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Cremersia pilosa (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Cremersia pilosa (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Cremersia salesiana (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Cremersia salesiana (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
  • This species is a associate (details unknown) for the phorid fly Ecitophora bruchi (a associate (details unknown)) (Quevillon, 2018).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Cremersia crassispina (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0178605. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MIZA, Maracay, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

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

  • hartigii. Labidus hartigii Westwood, 1842: 75, pl. 20, fig. 3 (m.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro, Paraíba).
    • Type-material: syntype males (number not stated).
    • Type-localities: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (J. Miers), and Brazil: Sapé, 14.x.1828, at 10 p.m. (W. Burchell).
    • [Note: the Sapé syntype(s) (Paraíba State) were apparently not located by Borgmeier, 1955: 155.]
    • Type-depository: OXUM (perhaps also BMNH).
    • Combination in Eciton: Dalla Torre, 1893: 3;
    • combination in E. (Labidus): Emery, 1910b: 23;
    • combination in E. (Holopone): Santschi, 1925b: 11;
    • combination in E. (Nomamyrmex): Borgmeier, 1936: 55;
    • combination in Nomamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 8.
    • Status as species: Smith, F. 1859b: 7; Roger, 1863b: 42; Mayr, 1863: 424; Forel, 1886a: 217; Dalla Torre, 1893: 3; Forel, 1895b: 119; Emery, 1900a: 177 (in key); Forel, 1901h: 47; Emery, 1910b: 23; Santschi, 1920d: 366; Borgmeier, 1923: 43; Santschi, 1930e: 82; Borgmeier, 1955: 155 (redescription); Kempf, 1960e: 387; Kempf, 1961b: 485; Watkins, 1976: 7 (in key); Watkins, 1977a: 204; Kempf, 1972a: 165; Watkins, 1982: 215 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 292; Palacio, 1999: 161 (in key); Wild, 2007b: 26; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 110; Palacio, 2019: 626.
    • Senior synonym of apicifer: Borgmeier, 1953: 14; Borgmeier, 1955: 155; Kempf, 1972a: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 292.
    • Senior synonym of hansi: Borgmeier, 1953: 9; Borgmeier, 1955: 155; Kempf, 1972a: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 292.
    • Senior synonym of schlechtendali: Borgmeier, 1955: 155; Kempf, 1972a: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 292.
    • Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela.
  • apicifer. Eciton (Labidus) apicifer Santschi, 1916e: 366, fig. (m.) PARAGUAY.
    • Type-material: holotype male.
    • Type-locality: Paraguay: Santa Trinidad (Zürcher).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Junior synonym of hartigii: Borgmeier, 1953: 14; Borgmeier, 1955: 155; Kempf, 1972a: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 292.
  • hansi. Eciton (Labidus) hartigi r. hansi Forel, 1912c: 43 (m.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
    • Type-material: holotype (?) male.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Brazil: São Paulo (von Ihering).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Subspecies of hartigii: Luederwaldt, 1918: 37; Borgmeier, 1923: 43.
    • Junior synonym of hartigii: Borgmeier, 1953: 9; Borgmeier, 1955: 155; Kempf, 1972a: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 292.
  • schlechtendali. Eciton schlechtendali Mayr, 1887: 552 (w.) SOUTH AMERICA (no state data).
    • Type-material: 5 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: South America: (no further data) (Schlechtendal).
    • Type-depositories: BMNH, NHMW.
    • Combination in E. (Labidus): Emery, 1910b: 23;
    • combination in E. (Holopone): Santschi, 1925b: 11;
    • combination in E. (Nomamyrmex): Borgmeier, 1936: 55;
    • combination in Nomamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 11.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 6; Forel, 1895b: 121; Forel, 1908c: 346; Emery, 1910b: 23; Santschi, 1916e: 368; Luederwaldt, 1918: 37; Borgmeier, 1923: 44; Borgmeier, 1939: 407.
    • Junior synonym of hartigii: Borgmeier, 1955: 155; Kempf, 1972a: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 292.

Description

References

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