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Alfaria caelata
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Alfaria |
| Species: | A. caelata |
| Binomial name | |
| Alfaria caelata (Kempf, 1967)
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A widespread distribution in South America, but documented with relatively sparse and widely scattered occurrence records.
Identification
A member of the minuta group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -1.456° to -64.3°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), Colombia, Paraguay.
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
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0179973. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MIZA, Maracay, Venezuela. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- caelata. Gnamptogenys caelata Kempf, 1967a: 121, figs. 1-3 (w.) BRAZIL (Paraná).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Brazil: Paraná, Iguaçu, iv.1965 (F. Plaumann).
- Type-depository: MZSP.
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 112; Brandão, 1991: 345; Lattke, 1992a: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 208; Lattke, et al. 2004: 343; Wild, 2007b: 27; Lattke, et al. 2007: 264 (in key); Lattke, et al. 2008: 83; Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Lattke & Delsinne, 2016: 144 (in key); Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 671; Camacho, et al. 2020: 462 (in key).
- Senior synonym of soror: Lattke, 1992a: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 208.
- Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela.
- soror. Gnamptogenys soror Kempf & Brown, 1968: 90 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
- Type-locality: Brazil: Pará, Iriboca, nr Belém, Pirelli Rubber Plantation, 23.viii.1962 (P.F. Darlington); paratype with same data.
- Type-depositories: DZSP (holotype); MCZC (paratype).
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 115.
- Junior synonym of caelata: Lattke, 1992a: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 210.
Description
References
- Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
- 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.
- de Freitas, F., Paixao, G.C., Vicente, R.E. 2018. News records of species of Neotropical ants in the Meridional Amazon. Biota Amazonia 8(2): 65-67 (10.18561@2179-5746@biotaamazonia.v8n2p65-67).
- Dias, A.M., Lattke, J.E. 2019. A new species and new records of minuta-group Gnamptogenys from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 63, 30–34 (DOI 10.1016/j.rbe.2018.10.002).
- Kempf, W. W. 1967a [1966]. New ants from southeastern and central Brazil (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 9: 121-128 (page 121, figs. 1-3 worker described)
- Lattke, J. E. 1992a. Revision of the minuta-group of the genus Gnamptogenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (N.F.) 39: 123-129 (page 126, Senior synonym of soror)
- Lattke, J.E. & Delsinne, T. 2016. Revisionary and natural history notes on some species of the genus Gnamptogenys Roger, 1863. Myrmecological News 22: 141-147.
- Lattke, J.E., Fernández, F. & Palacio, E.E. 2007. Identification of the species of Gnamptogenys Roger in the Americas (pp. 254-270). In Snelling, R.R., Fisher, B.L. & Ward, P.S. (eds). Advances in ant systematics: homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 690 pp.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
- Dias A. M., and J. E. Lattke. 2019. A new species and new records of minuta-group Gnamptogenys from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 63: 30–34.
- Fernandes I., and J. de Souza. 2018. Dataset of long-term monitoring of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the influence areas of a hydroelectric power plant on the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e24375.
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Lattke, J.E. 1992. Revision of the minuta-group of the genys Gnamptogenys. Dtsch. ent. Z., N.F. 39:123-129
- Pires de Prado L., R. M. Feitosa, S. Pinzon Triana, J. A. Munoz Gutierrez, G. X. Rousseau, R. Alves Silva, G. M. Siqueira, C. L. Caldas dos Santos, F. Veras Silva, T. Sanches Ranzani da Silva, A. Casadei-Ferreira, R. Rosa da Silva, and J. Andrade-Silva. 2019. An overview of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the state of Maranhao, Brazil. Pap. Avulsos Zool. 59: e20195938.
- Scott-Santos, C.P., F.A. Esteves, C.R.F. Brandao. 2008. Catalogue of "Poneromorph" ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 48(11):75-88.