Neivamyrmex detectus

Neivamyrmex detectus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Neivamyrmex
Species:	N. detectus
Binomial name
	Neivamyrmex detectus; Borgmeier, 1953

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -14.785° to -14.785°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

detectus. Neivamyrmex detectus Borgmeier, 1953: 25, figs. 7, 15 (m.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo).
- Type-material: holotype male, 19 paratype males.
- Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 9.xi.1931 (J.F. Zikán); paratypes: 7 males Itatiaia, 6.xii.1928, 11.xii.1928, 3.xi.1929, 9.xi.1931, 9.xi.1937, xi.1949 (J.F. Zikán), 4 males Rio de Janeiro, Angra dos Rios, x.1928, x.1935, ix.1936 (Travassos, Oiticica & Lins), 1 male Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis, 3.xi.1948 (T. Borgmeier), 2 males São Paulo, Iparanga (Reh), 2 males São Paulo, Alto da Serra, iv.1929, vi.1929 (Spitz), 1 male São Paulo, Cantareira, iv.1920 (Luederwaldt), 2 males São Paulo, Eugenio Lefèvre, 1.xi.1937 (Travassos, Lopes & Oiticica).
- [Note: type-data in Borgmeier, 1955: 449, does not exactly correspond with that given in the original description.]
- Type-depository: MZSP.
- Status as species: Borgmeier, 1955: 449 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 153; Watkins, 1976: 25 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 288.
- Distribution: Brazil.

Description

References

Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51. (page 25, figs. 7, 15 male described)
Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 449, see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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.
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.
Kempf W. W. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
Lampe, K.-H., D. Rohwedder and B. Rach. 2006. Insect Types in the ZFMK Collection, Bonn: Hymenoptera
Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp
do Nascimento, I.C. 2006. Fenologia dos Voos de Acasalamento em Formigas Tropicais