Goniomma otini

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Goniomma otini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Goniomma
Species: G. otini
Binomial name
Goniomma otini
Santschi, 1929

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (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

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Goniomma otiniWorker. Specimen code casent0916946. Photographer Kate Martynova, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by SIZK, Kiev, Ukraine.

Nomenclature

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

  • otini. Goniomma otini Santschi, 1929e: 144 (w.) MOROCCO.
    • Type-material: 8 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: Morocco: Marrakesh, 7.ix.1928 (Otin).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Junior synonym of hispanicum: Acosta Salmerón, 1982: 13; Bolton, 1995b: 211.
    • Status as species: Cagniant, 2006a: 196.
    • Distribution: Morocco.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Santschi F. 1929. Fourmis du Maroc, d'Algérie et de Tunisie Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Bruxelles) 69: 138-165.