Myrmicaria arachnoides

Myrmicaria arachnoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Myrmicaria
Species:	M. arachnoides
Binomial name
Myrmicaria arachnoides (Smith, F., 1857) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Myrmicaria arachnoides adpressipilosa Santschi, 1928 Myrmicaria arachnoides latinoda Stitz, 1938 Myrmicaria arachnoides lutea Emery, 1900 Myrmicaria arachnoides luteiventris Emery, 1900
Synonyms
Heptacondylus longipes Smith, F., 1858

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Castes

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Nomenclature

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

• arachnoides. Heptacondylus arachnoides Smith, F. 1857a: 72 (w.q.) BORNEO. Mayr, 1867a: 114 (m.). Combination in Myrmicaria: Mayr, 1867a: 113. Senior synonym of longipes: Mayr, 1863: 423. Current subspecies: nominal plus adpressipilosa, latinoda, lutea, luteiventris. See also: Karavaiev, 1935a: 77.
• longipes. Heptacondylus longipes Smith, F. 1858b: 142 (w.) BORNEO. Junior synonym of arachnoides: Mayr, 1863: 423.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Heptacondylus arachnoides

One worker syntype and one queen syntype in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “SAR. 11.”

References

• Karavaiev, V. 1935a. Neue Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet, nebst Revision einiger Formen. Treubia 15: 57-118 (page 77, see also)
• Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 385-460 (page 423, Senior synonym of longipes)
• Mayr, G. 1867a. Adnotationes in monographiam formicidarum Indo-Neerlandicarum. Tijdschr. Entomol. 10: 33-117 (page 114, male described)
• Mayr, G. 1867a. Adnotationes in monographiam formicidarum Indo-Neerlandicarum. Tijdschr. Entomol. 10: 33-117 (page 113, Combination in Myrmicaria)
• Smith, F. 1857a. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. [part]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 2: 42-88 (page 72, worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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