Neivamyrmex erichsonii

Neivamyrmex erichsonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Neivamyrmex
Species:	N. erichsonii
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex erichsonii (Westwood, 1842) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.908° to -22.908°.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Type of Neivamyrmex erichsonii. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0901964. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.

Nomenclature

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

• erichsonii. Labidus erichsonii Westwood, 1842: 77 (m.) BRAZIL (no state data).
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: Brazil: (no further data) (D. Miers).
  • [Note: type-locality Rio de Janeiro, by designation of Borgmeier, 1955: 618, who notes “where Miers lived, 1831-38”.]
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • Combination in Eciton: Dalla Torre, 1893: 2;
  • combination in E. (Labidus): Emery, 1900a: 187;
  • combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 17.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1859b: 9; Roger, 1863b: 41; Mayr, 1863: 424; Dalla Torre, 1893: 2; Forel, 1895b: 119; Emery, 1900a: 179; Emery, 1910b: 25; Borgmeier, 1923: 45; Borgmeier, 1953: 17; Borgmeier, 1955: 618 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 154; Watkins, 1976: 24 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 288.
  • Distribution: Brazil.

References

• Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 17, Combination in Neivamyrmex)
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 618, see also)
• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 2, Combination in Eciton)
• Emery, C. 1900e. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)8:173-188 (page 187, Combination in E. (Labidus))
• Westwood, J. O. 1842. Monograph of the hymenopterous group, Dorylides. Pp. 73-80 in: Westwood, J. O. Arcana entomologica; or illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. Volume 1, No. 5. London: W. Smith, pp. 65-80, pl. 17-20. (page 77, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).