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Technomyrmex reductus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Technomyrmex |
| Species: | T. reductus |
| Binomial name | |
| Technomyrmex reductus Bolton, 2007
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The type material was collected from "limestone forest".
Identification
Bolton (2007) - T. reductus is immediately identified within the zoogeographical regions under consideration here by its reduced PF of 4,3. This pair formula is shared only with the otherwise unrelated Technomyrmex lujae of the Afrotropical region. Also diagnostic are the minute setae that are restricted to the gastral tergites and the absence of setae elsewhere on the dorsal mesosoma and head behind the clypeus.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Sarawak, Borneo.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 4.499762° to 2.8°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia.
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.
- reductus. Technomyrmex reductus Bolton, 2007a: 98, fig. 56 (w.) BORNEO.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Holotype. TL 3.7, HL 0.77, HW 0.70, SL 0.68, PW 0.48, WL 1.01. Indices: CI 91, SI 97, 01 27, EPI 97, DTI 125.
Palp formula 4,3. Dorsum of head behind clypeus entirely lacks setae; dorsum covered with fine, dense minute pubescence that is slightly elevated, not appressed. With head in full-face view the anterior clypeal margin with a small, narrow median indentation; the posterior margin of the head shallowly concave. Eyes close to or at the midlength, their outer margins just fail to break the outline of the sides. Scape without setae but with dense minute pubescence that is somewhat elevated. Dorsum of mesosoma and propodeal declivity entirely lack setae. In profile dorsum of mesonotum slopes very shallowly and meets the propodeal dorsum in a very broadly obtuse angle. Metanotal groove present but not impressed, instead merely forming the angle between mesonotum and propodeum. Propodeum in profile with the dorsum extremely shallowly convex; straight-line length of dorsum much greater than the depth of the declivity to the spiracle, which itself is located high on the declivity. Gastral tergites 1 - 4 with sparse and extremely short, inconspicuous setae; those on the first tergite more or less restricted to close to the apex of the sclerite. Maximum length of setae on &astral tergites 1 - 2 only 0.30 x the maximum diameter of the eye, or even less. Tibiae of middle and hind legs without setae though some short, slightly elevated pubescence may be present. Head, mesosoma, petiole and gaster a more or less uniform rich dark brown; legs the same colour or slightly lighter.
Other worker. TL 3.5 - 3.7, HL 0.75 - 0.80, HW 0.67 - 0.72, SL 0.67 - 0.71, PW 0.47 - 0.52, WL 0.98 - 1.03 (12 measured). Indices: CI 88 - 91, SI 97 - 104, OI 27 - 30, EPI 93 - 100, DTI 120 - 130. As holotype.
Type Material
Holotype worker (upper of 2 specimens on pin), Malaysia: Sarawak, 4" Division, Gn. Mulu N.P., v.1978, limestone forest (M. Collins) (The Natural History Museum). Paratype. 1 worker (lower of 2 on pin), with same data (BMNH).
References
- Bolton, B. 2007. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute. 35(1):1-149.
- Khachonpisitsak, S., Yamane, S., Sriwichai, P., Jaitrong, W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998, 1–182 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.998.54902).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton B. 2007. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 35(1): 1-150.
- Bolton, B. "Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste." Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 35, no. 1 (2007): 1-149.
- Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58