Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus

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Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Dolichoderini
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: D. quadridenticulatus
Binomial name
Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus
(Roger, 1862)

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 4.15° to -16.256667°.

 
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Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

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

Association with Other Organisms

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  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Rhyncophoromyia sp. (a parasite) (Brown et al., 2015) (injured).
  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Rhyncophoromyia sp. (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Formica gibbosaWorker. Specimen code casent0902945. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0249637. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection.
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Syntype of Dolichoderus analisWorker. Specimen code casent0905027. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.
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Lectotype of Dolichoderus gibbosus nitidiorWorker. Specimen code casent0905029. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

  • gibbosa. Formica gibbosa Smith, F. 1858b: 19 (w.) BRAZIL (not India). [Junior primary homonym of Formica gibbosa Latreille, 1798: 50 (now in Aphaenogaster).] Combination in Dolichoderus: Mayr, 1886c: 354; in Hypoclinea: Kempf, 1972a: 119. Senior synonym of quadridenticulatus: Mayr, 1886c: 354; Emery, 1894c: 235, and hence quadridenticulatus first available replacement name for gibbosa Smith, F.
  • quadridenticulatus. Formica quadridenticulata Roger, 1862c: 287 (q.) "Südamerika". Mayr, 1862: 706 (w.). Mackay, 1993b: 87 (q.m.). Combination in Hypoclinea: Mayr, 1862: 706; in Dolichoderus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 159. Junior synonym of gibbosa: Mayr, 1886c: 354; Emery, 1894c: 235, hence first available replacement name for Formica gibbosa Smith, F. 1858b: 19. [Junior primary homonym of Formica gibbosa Latreille, 1798: 50.] Senior synonym of analis, gibbosoanalis, integra, nitidior: Mackay, 1993b: 86.
  • analis. Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) analis Emery, 1894c: 236 (w.q.) BRAZIL. Combination in Hypoclinea: Kempf, 1972a: 118; in Dolichoderus: Shattuck, 1992c: 77. Subspecies of gibbosus: Forel, 1912h: 34. Revived status as species: Mann, 1916: 465. Junior synonym of quadridenticulatus: Mackay, 1993b: 86.
  • nitidior. Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) gibbosus var. nitidior Emery, 1894c: 235 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in Hypoclinea: Kempf, 1972a: 120; in Dolichoderus: Shattuck, 1992c: 77. Subspecies of quadridenticulatus: Shattuck, 1992c: 77. Junior synonym of quadridenticulatus: Mackay, 1993b: 86.
  • integra. Dolichoderus gibbosus var. integra Forel, 1911c: 306 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in Hypoclinea: Kempf, 1972a: 120; in Dolichoderus: Shattuck, 1992c: 77. Subspecies of quadridenticulatus: Shattuck, 1992c: 77. Junior synonym of quadridenticulatus: Mackay, 1993b: 86.
  • gibbosoanalis. Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) gibbosus var. gibbosoanalis Forel, 1922: 98 (w.) VENEZUELA. Subspecies of quadridenticulatus: Shattuck, 1992c: 77. Junior synonym of quadridenticulatus: Mackay, 1993b: 86.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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