Apterostigma auriculatum

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Apterostigma auriculatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Apterostigma
Species: A. auriculatum
Binomial name
Apterostigma auriculatum
Wheeler, W.M., 1925

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago (type locality), Venezuela.


Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Biology

Association with Other Organisms

  • This species is a host for the diapriid wasp Leucopria (a parasite) (www.diapriid.org) (potential host).

Castes

Worker

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Queen

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Nomenclature

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

  • auriculatum. Apterostigma auriculatum Wheeler, W.M. 1925a: 49 (w.q.) TRINIDAD.
    • Status as species: Weber, 1945: 39; Weber, 1946b: 133; Weber, 1958c: 243; Kempf, 1970b: 336; Kempf, 1972a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 74; Lattke, 1997: 138 (redescription); Guénard & Economo, 2015: 227; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 838.
    • Senior synonym of billi: Lattke, 1997: 139.
    • Senior synonym of demerarae: Weber, 1958c: 243; Kempf, 1972a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 74; Lattke, 1997: 139.
    • Senior synonym of icta: Lattke, 1997: 139.
    • Senior synonym of immobile: Weber, 1958c: 243; Kempf, 1972a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 74; Lattke, 1997: 139.
    • Senior synonym of petiolatum: Lattke, 1997: 139.
  • billi. Apterostigma billi Weber, 1938b: 165, figs. 5, 17 (w.) BOLIVIA.
    • Status as species: Weber, 1958c: 244; Kempf, 1972a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 74.
    • Junior synonym of auriculatum: Lattke, 1997: 139.
  • demerarae. Apterostigma auriculatum var. demerarae Wheeler, W.M. 1925a: 51 (w.q.m.) GUYANA.
    • Subspecies of auriculatum: Weber, 1946b: 133.
    • Junior synonym of auriculatum: Weber, 1958c: 243; Kempf, 1972a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 74; Lattke, 1997: 139.
  • icta. Apterostigma wasmanni var. icta Weber, 1937: 393 (q.) TRINIDAD.
    • Subspecies of wasmannii: Weber, 1945: 39.
    • Subspecies of auriculatum: Weber, 1958c: 244; Kempf, 1972a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 74.
    • Junior synonym of auriculatum: Lattke, 1997: 139.
  • immobile. Apterostigma immobile Weber, 1940a: 418 (w.m.) PANAMA.
    • Status as species: Weber, 1941b: 114.
    • Junior synonym of auriculatum: Weber, 1958c: 243; Kempf, 1972a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 74; Lattke, 1997: 139.
  • petiolatum. Apterostigma wasmanni subsp. petiolatum Weber, 1938b: 175, fig. 10 (w.m.) BOLIVIA.
    • Subspecies of auriculatum: Weber, 1958c: 244; Kempf, 1972a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 74.
    • Junior synonym of auriculatum: Lattke, 1997: 139.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Lattke 1999. Figure 4. Helcium and anterodorsal gastral area of Apterostigma auriculatum and Myrmicocrypta buenzlii. a, dorsal view in A. auriculatum; b, lateral view in A. auriculatum; c, dorsal view in M. buenzlii; d, lateral view in M. buenzlii. he = helcium. 10 = anterodorsal lobe.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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