Fulakora elongata

Fulakora elongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Amblyoponinae
Tribe:	Amblyoponini
Genus:	Fulakora
Species:	F. elongata
Binomial name
Fulakora elongata (Santschi, 1912) Specimen labels
Synonyms
Stigmatomma elongata barretoi Bruch, 1921 Stigmatomma elongata minor Santschi, 1922 Stigmatomma elongatum paranense Santschi, 1925

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Stigmatomma species of the Americas

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 5.13333° to -34.288°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay (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.

Castes

Worker

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Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0102471. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Worker. Specimen code casent0178869. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MZSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Nomenclature

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

• elongata. Stigmatomma elongata Santschi, 1912e: 519, fig. 1 (w.) URUGUAY.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Uruguay: Nueva Helvecia (von Steiger).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Borgmeier, 1957: 110 (q.).
  • Combination in Stigmatomma (Fulakora): Santschi, 1922d: 241;
  • combination in Amblyopone: Borgmeier, 1957: 110;
  • combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19;
  • combination in Fulakora: Ward & Fisher, 2016: 691.
  • Status as species: Kusnezov, 1953b: 339; Borgmeier, 1957: 110; Brown, 1960a: 168, 192 (in key); Kempf, 1972a: 19; Zolessi, et al. 1988: 2; Lattke, 1991c: 6 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 62; Lacau & Delabie, 2002: 41 (in key); Feitosa, 2015c: 97.
  • Senior synonym of barretoi: Borgmeier, 1957: 110; Brown, 1960a: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 62.
  • Senior synonym of minor: Borgmeier, 1957: 110; Brown, 1960a: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 62.
  • Senior synonym of paranense: Borgmeier, 1957: 110; Brown, 1960a: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 62.
  • Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay.
• barretoi. Stigmatomma (Fulakora) elongata st. barretoi Bruch, 1921: 184, fig. 6 (1,2) (w.) ARGENTINA (Buenos Aires).
  • Type-material: 5 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Argentina: Buenos Aires, San Jerónimo, Monte Veloz (C. Bruch).
  • Type-depository: MLPA, NHMB.
  • Junior synonym of elongata: Borgmeier, 1957: 110; Brown, 1960a: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
• minor. Stigmatomma (Fulakora) elongata var. minor Santschi, 1922d: 241 (w.) ARGENTINA (Córdoba).
  • Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Argentina: Córdoba, Alta Gracia (C. Bruch).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Junior synonym of elongata: Borgmeier, 1957: 110; Brown, 1960a: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 62.
• paranense. Stigmatomma (Fulakora) elongatum var. paranense Santschi, 1925b: 6 (w.) BRAZIL (Paraná).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Brazil: Paraná, Rio Negro (Reichensperger).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Junior synonym of elongata: Borgmeier, 1957: 110; Brown, 1960a: 168; Bolton, 1995b: 62.

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).
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 62, catalogue)
• Borgmeier, T. 1957a. Myrmecologische Studien, I. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 29: 103-128 (page 110, Combination in Amblyopone)
• Borgmeier, T. 1957a. Myrmecologische Studien, I. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 29: 103-128 (page 110, Senior synonym of barretoi, minor and paranense)
• Borgmeier, T. 1957a. Myrmecologische Studien, I. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 29: 103-128. (page 110, queen described)
• Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
• Dröse, W., Podgaiski, L.R., Gossner, M.M., Meyer, S.T., Hermann, J.-M., Leidinger, J., Koch, C., Kollmann, J., Weisser, W.W., de S. Mendonça, M., Overbeck, G.E. 2021. Passive restoration of subtropical grasslands leads to incomplete recovery of ant communities in early successional stages. Biological Conservation 264, 109387 (doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109387).
• Feitosa, R.M., Silva, R.R.da, Aguiar, A.P. 2016. Diurnal flight periodicity of a Neotropical ant assemblage (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Atlantic Forest. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 60, 241–247. (doi:10.1016/j.rbe.2016.05.006).
• Santschi, F. 1912e. Quelques fourmis de l'Amérique australe. Rev. Suisse Zool. 20: 519-534 (page 519, fig. 1 worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1922e. Description de nouvelles fourmis de l'Argentine et pays limitrophes. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 94: 241-262 (page 241, Combination in Stigmatomma (Fulakora))
• Ward, P.S. & Fisher, B.L. 2016. Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, 41, 683–693 (doi:10.1111/syen.12186).
• Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2012. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer. PLoS ONE 7(3):e33325 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033325).

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