Pseudomyrmex godmani

Pseudomyrmex godmani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus:	Pseudomyrmex
Species:	P. godmani
Binomial name
	Pseudomyrmex godmani; (Forel, 1899) Specimen labels
Synonyms
	Pseudomyrmex semotus Kempf, 1960;

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 10.33333° to -22.908°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama (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.

godmani. Pseudomyrma godmani Forel, 1899c: 95, pl. 4, fig. 11 (w.) PANAMA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 385 (l.). Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1956: 385. Senior synonym of semotus: Kempf, 1967c: 6. See also: Kempf, 1958f: 436.
semotus. Pseudomyrmex semotus Kempf, 1960a: 392, figs. 4-6 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of godmani: Kempf, 1967c: 6.

Description

References

Forel, A. 1899f. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 81-104 (page 95, pl. 4, fig. 11 worker described)
Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).
Kempf, W. W. 1958f. Estudos sôbre Pseudomyrmex. II. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 1: 433-462 (page 436, see also)
Kempf, W. W. 1967c. Estudos sôbre Pseudomyrmex. IV (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 12: 1-12 (page 6, Senior synonym of semotus)
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1956. The ant larvae of the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 49: 374-398 (page 385, Combination in Pseudomyrmex)
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1956. The ant larvae of the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 49: 374-398 (page 385, larva described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Donisthorpe H. 1940. Descriptions of new species of ants (Hym., Formicidae) from various localities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)5: 39-48
Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
Kempf W. W. 1958. Estudos sôbre Pseudomyrmex. II. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)1: 433-462.
Kempf W. W. 1960. Insecta Amapaensia. - Hymenoptera: Formicidae (segunda contribuição). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)3: 385-400.
Kempf W. W. 1967. Estudos sôbre Pseudomyrmex. IV (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 12: 1-12.
Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
Longino J. et al. ADMAC project. Accessed on March 24th 2017 at https://sites.google.com/site/admacsite/
Rodriguez-Garza J. A., and J. J. Reynoso-Campos. 2013. Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del género Pseudomyrmex encontradas en el estado de Quintana Roo, México. In Formicidae de Mexico (eds. M. Vasquez-Bolanos, G. Castano-Meneses, A. Cisneros-Caballero, G. A. Quiroz-Rocha, and J. L. Navarrete-Heredia) p21-32.
Ward P. S. 1990. The Ant Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Generic Revision and Relationship to Other Formicids. Systematic Entomology 15: 449-489