Basiceros convexiceps

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Basiceros convexiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Basiceros
Species: B. convexiceps
Binomial name
Basiceros convexiceps
(Mayr, 1887)

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -7.15° to -27.818°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Phylogeny

Basiceros

Basiceros sp.n.A

Basiceros convexiceps

Basiceros manni

Basiceros singularis

Basiceros scambognathus

Basiceros conjugans

Basiceros disciger

Basiceros militaris

Based on Probst et al., 2019.

Nomenclature

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

  • convexiceps. Ceratobasis convexiceps Mayr, 1887: 581 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depository: NHMW.
    • Emery, 1924d: 328 (m.), Brown & Kempf, 1960: 174 (q.).
    • Combination in Basiceros: Emery, 1924d: 328.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 148; Forel, 1895b: 136; Emery, 1924d: 328; Borgmeier, 1927c: 120; Brown, 1949f: 89; Brown & Kempf, 1960: 172 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 36; Brown, 1974c: 140 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 80; Feitosa, et al. 2007: 19 (in key).
    • Senior synonym of squamifer: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 172; Kempf, 1972a: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 80.
    • Distribution: Brazil.
  • squamifer. Basiceros squamifer Borgmeier, 1937b: 245, figs. 30-33 (w.q.l.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
    • Type-material: 60 syntype workers, 3 syntype queens.
    • Type-locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Jussaral, nr Angra dos Reis, 30.x.1935 (H. Souza Lopes & H. Lent).
    • Type-depositories: IBVR, MCZC, MZSP.
    • Status as species: Brown, 1949f: 89.
    • Junior synonym of convexiceps: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 172; Kempf, 1972a: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 80.

Description

Karyotype

  • 2n = 20, karyotype = 20M (Brazil) (Mariano et al., 2013).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brown W. L., Jr., and W. W. Kempf. 1960. A world revision of the ant tribe Basicerotini. Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 3: 161-250.
  • Kempf W. W. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Lutinski J. A., B. C. Lopes, and A. B. B.de Morais. 2013. Diversidade de formigas urbanas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de dez cidades do sul do Brasil. Biota Neotrop. 13(3): 332-342.
  • Lutinski J. A., F. R. Mello Garcia, C. J. Lutinska, and S. Iop. 2008. Ants diversity in Floresta Nacional de Chapecó in Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Ciência Rural, Santa Maria 38(7): 1810-1816.
  • Probst R. S., B. D. Wray, C. S. Moreau, and C. R. F. Brandao. 2019. A phylogenetic analysis of the dirt ants, Basiceros (Formicidae: Myrmicinae): inferring life histories through morphological convergence. Insect Systematics and Diversity 3(4): 1–12.
  • Rosa da Silva R. 1999. Formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) do oeste de Santa Catarina: historico das coletas e lista atualizada das especies do Estado de Santa Catarina. Biotemas 12(2): 75-100.
  • Silva R.R., and C. R. F. Brandao. 2014. Ecosystem-Wide Morphological Structure of Leaf-Litter Ant Communities along a Tropical Latitudinal Gradient. PLoSONE 9(3): e93049. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093049
  • Ulyssea M.A., C. E. Cereto, F. B. Rosumek, R. R. Silva, and B. C. Lopes. 2011. Updated list of ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) recorded in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, with a discussion of research advances and priorities. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 55(4): 603-–611.