Technomyrmex schimmeri

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Technomyrmex schimmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Technomyrmex
Species: T. schimmeri
Binomial name
Technomyrmex schimmeri
Viehmeyer, 1916

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Specimen Labels

Nothing is known about the biology of Technomyrmex schimmeri.

Identification

Bolton (2007) - A member of the Technomyrmex bicolor group. See under Technomyrmex horni.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 1.271014° to 1.271014°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Worker

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Queen

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • schimmeri. Technomyrmex schimmeri Viehmeyer, 1916a: 143, fig. 8 (w.q.) SINGAPORE. See also: Bolton, 2007a: 100.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Type Material

Bolton (2007) - Syntype workers and queen, Singapore (H. Overbeck) (Berlin Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität) [examined].

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • 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
  • Viehmeyer H. 1916. Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)81(8):108-168.