Typhlomyrmex major

Typhlomyrmex major
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommin
Genus:	Typhlomyrmex
Species:	T. major
Binomial name
Typhlomyrmex major Santschi, 1923 Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Typhlomyrmex workers

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 8.025° to -27.818°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality), Peru.

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.

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.

Castes

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Nomenclature

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

• major. Typhlomyrmex pusillus st. major Santschi, 1923c: 246 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
  • Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Brazil: Blumenau (Reichensperger).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • [Note: Brown, 1965c: 71 says, “Location of type unknown (not in Santschi collection)”. However, Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 128, records 4 syntypes in NHMB.]
  • Brown, 1965c: 72 (q.).
  • Subspecies of pusillus: Wheeler, W.M. 1925a: 4 (in key).
  • Status as species: Brown, 1965c: 71; Kempf, 1972a: 256; Bolton, 1995b: 422; Arias-Penna, 2008b: 102; Lacau, et al. 2008: 252 (redescription); Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Guénard & Economo, 2015: 226; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 678; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 12.
  • Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru.

References

• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1965c. Contributions to a reclassification of the Formicidae. IV. Tribe Typhlomyrmecini (Hymenoptera). Psyche (Camb.) 72: 65-78 (page 71, Raised to species)
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1965c. Contributions to a reclassification of the Formicidae. IV. Tribe Typhlomyrmecini (Hymenoptera). Psyche (Camb.) 72: 65-78 (page 72, queen described)
• Camacho, G.P., Franco, W., Branstetter, M.G., Pie, M.R., Longino, J.T., Schultz, T.R., Feitosa, R.M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among Ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(1): 5; 1–20 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixab026).
• Camargo, K.S. de. 2011. Composicao e diversidade de "Poneromorfas" (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) em duas fitofisionomias de cerrado e padroes de distribuicao de "Poneromorfas", Pseudomyrmecinae e Cephalotini (Myrmicinae) para o Brasil. Thesis, Universidade de Brasilia.
• Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
• Fernández, F., Fiorentino, G., Castro, D. 2023. A new species of Typhlomyrmex from Colombia, re-description of the worker of T. clavicornis Emery, description of the worker of T. prolatus Brown, and key of known species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96, 579–597 (doi:10.3897/jhr.96.103219).
• Santschi, F. 1923c. Solenopsis et autres fourmis néotropicales. Rev. Suisse Zool. 30: 245-273 (page 246, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
• Lacau S., C. Villemant, and B. Jahyny. 2008. Typhlomyrmex Mayr, 1862: un genre meconnu de petites fourmis cryptiques et predatrices (Ectatomminae: Typhlomyrmecini). Pp. 241-283 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp.
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