Alfaria petiscapa
Alfaria petiscapa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Alfaria |
Species: | A. petiscapa |
Binomial name | |
Alfaria petiscapa (Lattke, 1990) |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 10.183° to 10.183°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Venezuela (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
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- petiscapa. Gnamptogenys petiscapa Lattke, 1990b: 16, fig. 15 (w.) VENEZUELA.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Venezuela: Estado Monagas, Parque Nacional El Guácharo, 10°11’N, 63°32’W, 1150 m., 29.x.1986 (J. Lattke & R. Brandão).
- Type-depository: MIZA.
- Combination in Alfaria: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 10.
- Status as species: Brandão, 1991: 345; Lattke, 1992a: 128; Bolton, 1995b: 210; Lattke, et al. 2007: 264 (in key); Lattke & Delsinne, 2016: 144 (in key); Camacho, et al. 2020: 462 (in key); Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 10.
- Distribution: Venezuela.
Description
References
- 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).
- Lattke, J. E. 1990b. Revisión del género Gnamptogenys Roger en Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Acta Terramaris 2: 1-47 (page 16, figs. 15 worker described)
- 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
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.