Plectroctena lygaria

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Plectroctena lygaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Plectroctena
Species: P. lygaria
Binomial name
Plectroctena lygaria
Bolton, Gotwald & Leroux, 1979

Plectroctena lygaria casent0004981 profile 1.jpg

Plectroctena lygaria casent0004981 dorsal 1.jpg

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Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.5° to 5.5°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Ivory Coast (type locality).

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

Plectroctena lygaria casent0102919 head 1.jpgPlectroctena lygaria casent0102919 profile 1.jpgPlectroctena lygaria casent0102919 dorsal 1.jpgPlectroctena lygaria casent0102919 label 1.jpg
Holotype of Plectroctena lygariaWorker. Specimen code casent0102919. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
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Paratype of Plectroctena lygariaWorker. Specimen code casent0102987. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
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Paratype of Plectroctena lygariaMale (alate). Specimen code casent0104134. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
Plectroctena lygaria casent0104135 head 1.jpgPlectroctena lygaria casent0104135 profile 1.jpgPlectroctena lygaria casent0104135 dorsal 1.jpgPlectroctena lygaria casent0104135 label 1.jpg
Paratype of Plectroctena lygariaQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0104135. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
Plectroctena lygaria casent0172255 head 1.jpgPlectroctena lygaria casent0172255 profile 1.jpgPlectroctena lygaria casent0172255 dorsal 1.jpgPlectroctena lygaria casent0172255 label 1.jpg
Paratype of Plectroctena lygariaWorker. Specimen code casent0172255. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia.

Nomenclature

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

  • lygaria. Plectroctena lygaria Bolton, Gotwald & Leroux, 1979: 373, figs. 1, 2 (w.q.m.) IVORY COAST.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bolton B., W. H. Gotwald Jr., and J. M. Leroux. 1979 . A new West African ant of the genus Plectroctena with ecological notes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan. Série E (Écologie) 9: 371-381.
  • Bolton B., and W. L. Brown Jr. 2002. Loboponera gen. n. and a review of the Afrotropical Plectroctena genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series 71: 1-18.
  • Yeo K., T. Delsinne, S. Komate, L. L. Alonso, D. Aidara, and C. Peeters. 2016. Diversity and distribution of ant assemblages above and below ground in a West African forest–savannah mosaic (Lamto, Cote d’Ivoire). Insectes Sociaux DOI 10.1007/s00040-016-0527-6