Acromyrmex fowleri
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| Acromyrmex fowleri | |
|---|---|
| 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 | • Social Parasite |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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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
- 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
