Eciton vagans dubitatum
Eciton vagans dubitatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Eciton |
Species: | E. vagans |
Subspecies: | E. vagans dubitatum |
Trinomial name | |
Eciton vagans dubitatum Emery, 1896 | |
Synonyms | |
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -8.96667° to -31.632389°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Paraguay (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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
- Male
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- dubitatum. Eciton dubitatum Emery, 1896g: 40, pl. 1, fig. 4 (m.) PARAGUAY.
- Type-material: 3 syntype males.
- Type-locality: Paraguay: (no further data) (Balzan).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Status as species: Emery, 1900a: 176 (in key), 185; Emery, 1910b: 20; Forel, 1911c: 288; Gallardo, 1920: 343; Santschi, 1920d: 362; Santschi, 1921g: 91; Borgmeier, 1936: 55.
- Subspecies of vagans: Borgmeier, 1953: 6; Borgmeier, 1955: 243 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 104; Bolton, 1995b: 184; Wild, 2007b: 25.
- Senior synonym of francanum: Borgmeier, 1955: 229; Kempf, 1972a: 104; Bolton, 1995b: 184.
- Senior synonym of reichenspergeri: Borgmeier, 1955: 229; Kempf, 1972a: 104; Bolton, 1995b: 184.
- Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay.
- francanum. Eciton vagans var. francanum Santschi, 1923g: 1260 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo), PARAGUAY.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Brazil: São Paulo, Franca (Luederwaldt), and Paraguay: San Bernardino (Fiebrig).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- [Eciton francanum von Ihering, 1912: 229. Nomen nudum;
- Eciton vagans subsp. francanum Forel, 1913l: 213, Luederwaldt, 1918: 37. Nomina nuda.]
- Subspecies of vagans: Borgmeier, 1923: 40; Santschi, 1934c: 24.
- Junior synonym of vagans: Borgmeier, 1939: 405.
- Junior synonym of dubitatum: Borgmeier, 1955: 229; Kempf, 1972a: 104; Bolton, 1995b: 184.
- reichenspergeri. Eciton (Holopone) angustatum st. reichenspergeri Santschi, 1925b: 12 (w.) BRAZIL (Minas Gerais).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Brazil: Minas Gerais (E. Luja).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Junior synonym of vagans: Borgmeier, 1939: 405; Borgmeier, 1953: 13.
- Junior synonym of dubitatum: Borgmeier, 1955: 229; Kempf, 1972a: 104; Bolton, 1995b: 186.
Description
References
- Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
- Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 6, Subspecies of vagans)
- Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 229, Senior synonym of francanum and reichenspergeri)
- Emery, C. 1896g. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XVII-XXV. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 28: 33-107 (page 40, pl. 1, fig. 4 male described)