Neivamyrmex adnepos

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Neivamyrmex adnepos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Neivamyrmex
Species: N. adnepos
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex adnepos
(Wheeler, W.M., 1922)

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

This species is only known from queens and/or workers and has yet to be associated with males.

Identification

Jack Longino:

Posterior face of propodeum concave medially, with prominent lateral carinae; apex of scape nearer eye level than upper head margin; eye indistinct or absent, and without distinct convex cornea.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 19.3° to -64.23°.

     
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago (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

Jack Longino: This species inhabits lowland wet forest on the Atlantic slope. I know it from two collections: at Tortuguero I found a tight column running just under the leaf litter at night; at Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve I found workers in a rotten log.

Association with Other Organisms

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  • This species is a host for the phorid fly Pseudacteon browni (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0619175. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by JTLC.
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Syntype of Eciton marginatumWorker. Specimen code casent0905726. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

  • adnepos. Eciton (Acamatus) adnepos Wheeler, W.M. 1922c: 2 (w.) TRINIDAD.
    • Type-material: 15 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: Trinidad: Port of Spain, Botanical Garden, vii.1920 (W.M. Wheeler).
    • Type-depositories: AMNH, MCZC, MZSP.
    • Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 18.
    • Status as species: Borgmeier, 1955: 562 (redescription); Kempf, 1968b: 372; Kempf, 1972a: 153; Watkins, 1976: 13 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 287; Palacio, 1999: 157 (in key); Palacio, 2019: 615.
    • Senior synonym of marginatum: Borgmeier, 1953: 5; Borgmeier, 1955: 562; Kempf, 1972a: 153; Bolton, 1995b: 287.
    • Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Trinidad.
  • marginatum. Eciton (Acamatus) marginatum Borgmeier, 1939: 414 (w.) COSTA RICA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”).
    • Type-locality: Costa Rica: Santa Clara Prov., Hamburgfarm, 30.viii.1936 (F. Nevermann).
    • Type-depository: MZSP.
    • Combination in E. (Neivamyrmex): Borgmeier, 1948a: 198.
    • Status as species: Borgmeier, 1948a: 198.
    • Junior synonym of adnepos: Borgmeier, 1953: 5; Borgmeier, 1955: 562; Kempf, 1972a: 153; Bolton, 1995b: 290.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Alatorre-Bracamontes C. E., M. Vasquez-Bolanos, G. Castano-Meneses, and J. L. Navarrete-Heredia. 2015. La subfamilia Dorylinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en la Colección Entomológica, Sección Formicidae, del Centro de Estudios en Zoología, Universidad de Guadalajara (CZUG) (pp. 40-51). En: Castaño Meneses G., M. Vásquez-Bolaños, J. L. Navarrete-Heredia, G. A. Quiroz-Rocha e I. Alcalá-Martínez (Coords.). Avances de Formicidae de México. UNAM, Universiad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
  • Borgmeier T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Studia Entomologica 2: 1-51.
  • Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
  • Branstetter M. G. and L. Sáenz. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano E. B. and J. C. Schuster. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp
  • Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
  • Esteves F. A., C. R. F. Brandao, and L. P. Prado. 2011. The type specimens of Dorylomorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Aenictinae, Ecitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Leptanilloidinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 51(22): 341-397.
  • Fernandes I., and J. de Souza. 2018. Dataset of long-term monitoring of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the influence areas of a hydroelectric power plant on the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e24375.
  • Fernández F., and E. E. Palacio. 1995. Hormigas de Colombia IV: nuevos registros de géneros y especies. Caldasia 17: 587-596.
  • Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
  • Kempf W. W. 1968. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. IV. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 11: 369-415.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Longino J. et al. ADMAC project. Accessed on March 24th 2017 at https://sites.google.com/site/admacsite/
  • O'Donnell S., J. Lattke, S. Powell, and M. Kaspari. 2007. Army ants in four forests: geographic variation in raid rates and species composition. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 580-589.
  • Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. The ants of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 45: 1-16.