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Bothriomyrmex decapitans
| Bothriomyrmex decapitans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Bothriomyrmex |
| Species: | B. decapitans |
| Binomial name | |
| Bothriomyrmex decapitans Santschi, 1911
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| At a Glance | • Social parasite |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 36.816667° to 34.616667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Tunisia (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. |
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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
This species is a social parasite within Tapinoma nests (specific species of Tapinoma are currently unknown).
Castes
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Paralectotype of Bothriomyrmex decapitans. Worker. Specimen code casent0911478. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- decapitans. Bothriomyrmex decapitans Santschi, 1911f: 78, fig. 10c (w.q.m.) TUNISIA.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- [Notes (i): Kostyuk, 1976: 99, and Radchenko, Fisher, et al. 2024: 280, cite 2w, 9q, 5m syntypes SIZK; (ii): Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 78, cites 6w, 20q, 8m syntypes NHMB; (iii) Shattuck, 1994: 33, cites 12w, 30q, 13m syntypes (4w, 18q MHNG, 6w, 20q, 8m NHMB, 2w, 9q, 5m SIZK, 1q USNM).]
- Type-locality: Tunisia: Kairouan (F. Santschi).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB, SIZK, USNM.
- Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249 (l.).
- Status as species: Emery, 1913a: 28; Santschi, 1919i: 211; Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249; Cagniant, 1968a: 145; Kutter, 1968b: 205; Cagniant, 1970c: 28; Shattuck, 1994: 33; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Seifert, 2012b: 101; Borowiec, L. 2014: 23.
- Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Buschinger, A. 2009. Social parasitism among ants: a review (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 12: 219-235.
- Chernenko, A., Vidal‐Garcia, M., Helantera, H., Sundstrom, L. 2013. Colony take‐over and brood survival in temporary social parasites of the ant genus Formica. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 727‐735 (doi:10.1007@s00265-013-1496-7).
- de la Mora, A., Sankovitz, M., Purcell, J. 2020. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as host and intruder: recent advances and future directions in the study of exploitative strategies. Myrmecological News 30: 53-71 (doi:10.25849/MYRMECOL.NEWS_030:053).
- Santschi, F. 1911f. Formicides nouveaux de l'Afrique Mineure (4e note suite). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 2: 78-85 (page 78, fig. 10c worker, queen, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Baroni Urbani C. 1977. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitt. Entomol. Ges. Basel (n.s.) 27: 61-102.
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Cagniant, H. 1968. Liste preliminaire de fourmis forestieres d'Algerie. Resultats obtenus de 1963 a 1964. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 104: 138-147
- Cagniant, H. Les peuplements de fourmis des forêts algériennes: écologie, biocénotique, essai biologique. Universite de Toulouse, 1973.
- Emery C. 1913. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50.
- Santschi, F. 1919. Fourmis du genre "Bothriomyrmex" Emery (systématique et moeurs). Revue de Zoologie Africaine 7: 201-224.
- Santschi, F. "Formicides nouveaux de l'Afrique Mineure (4e note suite)." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 2 (1911): 78-85.
- Seifert B. 2012. A review of the West Palearctic species of the ant genus Bothriomyrmex Emery 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 17: 91-104.
- Shattuck S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112: i-xix, 1-241.