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Rogeria bruchi
| Rogeria bruchi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Rogeria |
| Species: | R. bruchi |
| Binomial name | |
| Rogeria bruchi Santschi, 1922
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Only known from a few specimens.
Identification
Kugler (1994) - foreli species group. The five known specimens of bruchi are just like Rogeria foreli with nonprojecting clypeus, weak or absent metanotal groove, and non projecting postpetiolar sternum, but differ in the following ways: 1) Mandible with five large teeth, second to fifth subequal, 2) clypeus with a median notch, 3) eyes smaller than in most foreli.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -10.06666667° to -35.453°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina (type locality), Paraguay.
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. |
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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
The following is modified from Kugler (1994): Little is known about these cryptic ants. Collection records typically range from sea level to 1000m, but five species extend higher and two (Rogeria unguispina and Rogeria merenbergiana) can be found at 2000m. Rogeria are generally collected in moist forests (primary or secondary forests, coffee or cacao plantations), but at higher elevations can be found in pastures (Rogeria leptonana, Rogeria merenbergiana). Several species (Rogeria creightoni, Rogeria cuneola, Rogeria foreli) have been found in moist and dry climates. Rogeria foreli is the most unusual, with some members dwelling at over 1800m in the temperate mountains of southern Arizona.
Most species have only been collected as strays or by Berlese or Winkler sampling, from leaf litter and rotten wood, but occasionally among epiphytes and moss (Rogeria belti, creightoni, Rogeria exsulans). Nests of several species (belti, Rogeria blanda, merenbergiana) have been found under the loose bark of rotten logs. Nests of blanda and Rogeria tonduzi have been taken from the trunks of cacao trees. A nest of Rogeria leptonana was found at 1750m under a rock in a pasture.
Nests are rarely found. Males are known for only four species (belti, blanda, leptonana and Rogeria stigmatica) and queens associated through nest series for only nine species.
Castes
Only known from workers.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- bruchi. Rogeria bruchi Santschi, 1922b: 352 (w.) ARGENTINA. See also: Kugler, C. 1994: 72.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Kugler (1994) - TL 2.2-2.6, HL 0.56-0.65, HW 0.48-0.57, SL 0.38-0.46, EL 0.04-0.06 (5-7 facets), PW 0.35-0.40, WL 0.58-0.70, SpL 0.10-0.17, PetL 0.21-0.29, PpetL 0.13-0.17mm, CI 0.61-0.70, OI 0.10-0.12, SI 0.76-0.81, PSI 0.17-0.24. N=5
Type Material
Kugler (1994) - Holotype worker, ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, Monte Veloz (C. Bruch) NHM [Holotype examined].
References
- Kugler, C. 1994. A revision of the ant genus Rogeria with description of the sting apparatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Hym. Res. 3: 17-89 (page 72, see also)
- Santschi, F. 1922c. Myrmicines, dolichodérines et autres formicides néotropiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 54: 345-378 (page 352, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Wild, A. L. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.