Acromyrmex fowleri
Acromyrmex fowleri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Acromyrmex |
Species: | A. fowleri |
Binomial name | |
Acromyrmex fowleri Rabeling, Messer, Lacau & Delabie, 2019 |
A workerless social parasite of Acromyrmex rugosus.
At a Glance | • Workerless Inquiline |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -14.6197° to -14.781°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (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.
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.
Biology
This ant is a workerless inquiline social parasite in the nest of Acromyrmex rugosus.
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- fowleri. Acromyrmex fowleri Rabeling, Messer, Lacau & Delabie, in Rabeling, Messer, Lacau, et al. 2019: 445, figs. 1a,c,e, 2a,c,e, 3, 4a,c,e (q.m.) BRAZIL (Bahia).
Type Material
- Holotype, queen, Bahia, Ilhéus, Praia do Norte, 18 km N Ilhéus, Brazil, 14°37′11″S 39°03′39″W / 14.6197°S 39.0607°W, 27 November 1994, Jacques Delabie, ASUSIBR00000001, Laboratório de Mirmecologia CEPEC / CPDC; collected from the drift line of the Atlantic Ocean on the beach.
Description
Etymology
References
- Barros, L.A.C., Aguiar, H.J.A.C., Teixeira, G.C., Souza, D.J., Delabie, J.H.C., Mariano, C.S.F. 2021. Cytogenetic studies on the social parasite Acromyrmex ameliae (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) and its hosts reveal chromosome fusion in Acromyrmex. Zoologischer Anzeiger 293, 273–281 (doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2021.06.012).
- Borowiec, M.L., Cover, S.P., Rabeling, C. 2021. The evolution of social parasitism in Formica ants revealed by a global phylogeny. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, e2026029118 (doi:10.1073/pnas.2026029118).
- de la Mora, A., Sankovitz, M., Purcell, J. 2020. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as host and intruder: recent advances and future directions in the study of exploitative strategies. Myrmecological News 30: 53-71 (doi:10.25849/MYRMECOL.NEWS_030:053).
- Rabeling, C. 2020. Social Parasitism. In: Starr, C. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Springer, Cham. (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_175-1).
- Rabeling, C., Messer, S., Lacau, S., do Nascimento, I.C., Bacci, M., Delabie, J.H.C. 2019. Acromyrmex fowleri: a new inquiline social parasite species of leaf‑cutting ants from South America, with a discussion of social parasite biogeography in the Neotropical region. Insectes Sociaux 66: 435–451 (doi:10.1007/s00040-019-00705-z).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Rabeling C., S. Messer, S. Lacau, I. C. do Nascimento, M. Bacci Jr., and J. H. C. Delabie. 2019. Acromyrmex fowleri: a new inquiline social parasite species of leaf‑cutting ants from South America, with a discussion of social parasite biogeography in the Neotropical region. Insectes Sociaux https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-019-00705-z