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Trichomyrmex muticus
| Trichomyrmex muticus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Trichomyrmex |
| Species group: | scabriceps |
| Species: | T. muticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichomyrmex muticus (Emery, 1887)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 22.388004° to 19.967°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Myanmar (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. |
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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.
- muticus. Holcomyrmex muticus Emery, 1887b: 457 (w.) MYANMAR.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Myanmar (“Burma”): Minhla (Comotto).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Combination in Monomorium (Holcomyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 182;
- combination in Trichomyrmex: Ward, et al. 2015: 76.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 65; Forel, 1903a: 692; Bingham, 1903: 284; Emery, 1922e: 182; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 163; Ettershank, 1966: 91; Bolton, 1995b: 264; Radchenko, 1997f: 221.
- Distribution: Myanmar.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1887g. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine). [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 25[=(2)(5): 449-464 (page 457, worker described)
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 182, Combination in Monomorium)
- Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L., Schultz, T.R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40: 61–81 (doi:10.1111/syen.12090).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
- Radchenko, A. G. "Review of the ants of scabriceps group of the genus Monomorium Mayr." Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 46 (1997): 211-224.