Neivamyrmex falcifer

Neivamyrmex falcifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Neivamyrmex
Species:	N. falcifer
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex falcifer (Emery, 1900) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Eciton leptognathum mesognathum Santschi, 1920

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia (type locality), Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname.

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

Holotype of Eciton falciferum. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0903742. 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.

• falcifer. Eciton falciferum Emery, 1900a: 182, fig. 17 (m.) BOLIVIA.
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: Bolivia: (no further data) (Staudinger).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in E. (Acamatus): Emery, 1900a: 187;
  • combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 357.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1910b: 25; Borgmeier, 1955: 357 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 154; Watkins, 1976: 21 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 288; Palacio, 1999: 158 (in key); Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 110; Palacio, 2019: 620.
  • Senior synonym of mesognathum: Borgmeier, 1955: 357; Kempf, 1972a: 154; Bolton, 1995b: 288.
  • Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname.
• mesognathum. Eciton (Acamatus) leptognathum var. mesognathum Santschi, 1920d: 368, fig. 5 (m.) FRENCH GUIANA.
  • Type-material: 2 syntype males.
  • Type-locality: French Guiana: St-Laurent du Maroni (Le Moult).
  • Type-depository: MNHN?
  • [Note: Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 68-71, does not list this taxon as present in NHMB.]
  • Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 13.
  • Junior synonym of falcifer: Borgmeier, 1955: 357; Kempf, 1972a: 154; Bolton, 1995b: 290.

References

• Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
• Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 357, Combination in Nievamyrmex)
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 357, Senior synonym of mesognathum)
• Emery, C. 1900e. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)8:173-188 (page 182, fig. 17 male described)
• Emery, C. 1900e. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)8:173-188 (page 187, Combination in E. (A*Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).

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