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Pogonomyrmex longibarbis
| Pogonomyrmex longibarbis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Pogonomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Pogonomyrmex |
| Species group: | rastratus |
| Species: | P. longibarbis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pogonomyrmex longibarbis Gallardo, 1931
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| At a Glance | • Brachypterous Queen |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -25.88444444° to -26.1025°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina (type locality), Bolivia.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
Worker
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0249056. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by RAJC, Robert A. Johnson Collection. |
   
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| Lectotype of Pogonomyrmex longibarbis. Worker. Specimen code casent0281103. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MACN, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
   
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| Paralectotype of Pogonomyrmex longibarbis. Worker. Specimen code casent0914116. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MACN, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
     
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0914117. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MACN, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
Queen
Queens are dimorphic (both winged and brachypterous queens are present).
Images from AntWeb
     
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0914115. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MACN, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- longibarbis. Pogonomyrmex longibarbis Gallardo, 1931a: 185, fig. 1 (w.) ARGENTINA.
Description
References
- Gallardo, A. 1931a. Deux nouvelles espèces de "Pogonomyrmex" de la République Argentine (Hyménoptères Formicides). Rev. Mus. La Plata 33: 185-188 (page 185, fig. 1 worker described)
- Johnson, R.A. 2021. A taxonomic revision of South American species of the seed-harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Part II. Zootaxa 5033, 1–230 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5033.1.1).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Gallardo A. 1931. Deux nouvelles espèces de Pogonomyrmex de la République Argentine (Hyménoptères Formicides). Revista del Museo de La Plata 33: 185-188.
- Gallardo A. 1932. Las hormigas de la República Argentina. Subfamilia Mirmicinas, segunda sección Eumyrmicinae, tribu Myrmicini (F. Smith), género Pogonomyrmex Mayr. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 37: 89-170.
- Johnson Robert. 2014. List of South American species of Pogonomyrmex. Accessed on February 5th 2014 at http://www.asu.edu/clas/sirgtools/pogonomyrmex/SOUTHAMERICANPOGOS.htm
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Kusnezov N. 1951. El género Pogonomyrmex Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 11: 227-333.