Liometopum sinense

Liometopum sinense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Liometopum
Species:	L. sinense
Binomial name
Liometopum sinense Wheeler, W.M., 1921
Synonyms
Liometopum dentimandibulum Chang & He, 2002 Liometopum sinense sericatum Wheeler, W.M., 1921

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 38.04138889° to 22.81666667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (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.

Nomenclature

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

• sericatum. Liometopum sinense var. sericatum Wheeler, W.M. 1921c: 541 (w.) CHINA. Junior synonym of sinense: Del Toro, et al. 2009: 338.
• sinense. Liometopum sinense Wheeler, W.M. 1921c: 540 (w.) CHINA. Senior synonym of dentimandibulum, sericatum: Del Toro, et al. 2009: 338.
• dentimandibulum. Liometopum dentimandibulum Chang & He, 2002e: 110, figs. 1-5 (w.) CHINA. Junior synonym of sinense: Del Toro, et al. 2009: 338.

References

• Liu, C., Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Liu, Q., Peng, Y.Q., Economo, E.P., Guénard, B., Pierce, N.E. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains: a new altitudinal survey and updated checklist for Yunnan Province highlight an understudied insect biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys 978, 1–171 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.978.55767).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1921c. Chinese ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

64: 529-547 (page 540, worker described)

• Wu, J. & Wang, C. 1992. Formicidae (pp. 1301-1320). In Peng, J. et al. Iconography of Forest Insects in Hunan, China. Forest Bureau of Hunan Province: 1473 pp. Hunan Scientific and Technical Publishing House.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
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• Del Toro I., J. A. Pacheco, W. P. MacKay. 2009. Revision of the ant genus Liometopum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 53: 299-369.
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• Wheeler W. M. 1930. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5: 53-81.
• Xu Z. H., B. L. Yang, and G. Hu. 1999. Formicidae ant communities in fragments of montane rain forest in Xishuangbanna, China. Zoological Research 20(4): 288-293.
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