Echinopla arfaki

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Echinopla arfaki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Echinopla
Species group: serrata
Species: E. arfaki
Binomial name
Echinopla arfaki
Donisthorpe, 1943

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Synonyms

Identification

A member of the Echinopla serrata group.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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

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Nomenclature

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

  • rugosa. Echinopla rugosa Stitz, 1938: 110, fig. 8 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of rugosa André, above.] Replacement name: arfaki Donisthorpe, 1943a: 176.
  • arfaki. Echinopla arfaki Donisthorpe, 1943a: 176. Replacement name for rugosa Stitz, 1938: 110. [Junior primary homonym of rugosa André, 1892b: 47.] Senior synonym of corrugata Donisthorpe, 1943e: 116 (unnecessary (second) replacement name for rugosa Stitz): Bolton, 1995b: 183.
  • corrugata. Echinopla corrugata Donisthorpe, 1943e: 116. Unnecessary (second) replacement name for rugosa Stitz, 1938: 110. Junior synonym of arfaki (first available replacement name): Bolton, 1995b: 183.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Donisthorpe H. 1943. Myrmecological gleanings. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B 12: 115-116.
  • Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.