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Dacetinops wilsoni
| Dacetinops wilsoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Dacetinops |
| Species: | D. wilsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Dacetinops wilsoni Taylor, 1985
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- wilsoni. Dacetinops wilsoni Taylor, 1985: 64, figs. 7-9, 31-33 (w.q.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 41 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen.
- Type-locality: holotype Malaysia: Sarawak, 1st Division, Semengo Forest Reserve, ca 19 km. SW Kuching (1°33’N, 110°2’E, ca 2 km. S of 10th mile Bazaar on Kuching-Penrissen Road), 28.v.1968, acc. 122/123, well rotted branch on ground (R.W. Taylor); paratypes: 40 workers, 1 queen with same data, 1 worker with same data but 1.vi.1968, acc. 68.259, leaf mould berlesate.
- Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, HNHM, KUPC, MCZC, MHNG, SMNH (paratypes).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 168; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 46.
- Distribution: Malaysia (Sarawak).
Description
References
- Taylor, R. W. 1985. The ants of the Papuasian genus Dacetinops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Pp. 41-67 in: Ball, G. E. (ed.) Taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography of beetles and ants: a volume dedicated to the memory of Philip Jackson Darlington (page 64, figs. 7-9, 31-33 worker, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58