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Stenamma msilanum
| Stenamma msilanum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Stenamma |
| Species: | S. msilanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenamma msilanum Forel, 1901
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Identification
Rigato (2011) - S. msilanum gyne looks quite ordinary and mostly recalls Stenamma debile, especially in its dark colour and waist shape; but it has significantly longer appendages than debile.
Keys including this Species
- Key to Oriental and Palearctic Stenamma
- Key to Stenamma westwoodii species-group males of Western Europe and North African
- Key to Stenamma westwoodii species-group queens of Western Europe and North African
- Key to Stenamma westwoodii species-group workers of Western Europe and North African
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 36.9° to 31.216667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Tunisia.
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
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- msilanum. Stenamma (Stenamma) westwoodi var. msilanum Forel, 1901e: 347 (q.) ALGERIA.
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- [Note: the single specimen was redundantly nominated as lectotype by DuBois, 1998b: 258; correctly reinstated as holotype by Rigato, 2011: 17.]
- Type-locality: Algeria: Oran, Forêt de Msila (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- DuBois, 1998b: 255 (w.).
- Subspecies of westwoodii: Emery, 1921f: 54; Cagniant, 1971: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 393.
- Status as species: DuBois, 1998b: 254 (redescription); Cagniant, 2006a: 195; Liu, X. & Xu, 2011: 736 (in key); Rigato, 2011: 17; Bharti, Gul & Sharma, 2012a: 326 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 160.
- Distribution: Algeria.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Queen
Rigato (2011) - Holotype (Gyne). TL 4.7; HL 0.94; HW 0.81; CI 86; SL 0.72; SI 89; PCI 31; AL 1.32; PSI 1.73; ScW 0.64; MnL 0.93; PeL 0.45; PPL 0.28; PeH 0.27; PPH 0.28; PeW 0.19; PPW 0.28; PI1 62; PI2 56; MTL 0.71; TI 88.
Type Material
Rigato (2011) - Holotype gyne, ALGERIA: Foret de Msila (Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève) [examined].
References
- Bharti, H.; Gul, I.; Sharma, Y. P. 2012. Two new species of Stenamma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Indian Himalaya with a revised key to the Palaearctic and Oriental species. Sociobiology. 59:317-330.
- Rigato, F. 2011. Contributions to the taxonomy of West European and North African Stenamma of the westwoodii species-group. (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 37:1-56.
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- DuBois, M. B. 1998a. A revision of the ant genus Stenamma in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 29: 193-403 (page 254, Raised to species and senior synonym of africanum and submuticum)
- Forel, A. 1901j. Variétés myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 334-382 (page 347, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Cagniant, H. 1968. Liste preliminaire de fourmis forestieres d'Algerie. Resultats obtenus de 1963 a 1964. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 104: 138-147
- Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
- DuBois, M. B. "A revision of the ant genus Stenamma in the Palaeartic and Oriental regions." Sociobiology 32 (1998): 193-403.
- Liu X., and Z. H. Xu. 2011. Three New Species of the Ant Genus Stenamma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Himalaya and the Hengduan Mountains With a Revised Key to the Known Species of the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions. Sociobiology 58: 733-748.