Neivamyrmex rosenbergi

Neivamyrmex rosenbergi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Neivamyrmex
Species:	N. rosenbergi
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex rosenbergi (Forel, 1911) Specimen Labels

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

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador (type locality), Guatemala, Panama.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Biology

Jack Longino: I know this species from two males collected at the 500m site (El Ceibo) on the Barva transect of Braulio Carrillo National Park. Ronald Vargas collected one of them at a mercury vapor lamp. I collected the other one in 1985, but I have no notes on how I collected it.

Castes

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Nomenclature

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

• rosenbergi. Eciton (Acamatus) mexicanum subsp. rosebergi Forel, 1911e: 256 (m.) ECUADOR.
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: Ecuador: NW Ecuador, 500’ (W.F.H. Rosenberg).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 8.
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1921d: 314; Borgmeier, 1953: 9; Borgmeier, 1955: 524 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 159; Watkins, 1976: 22 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 291; Palacio, 1999: 158 (in key); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 254; Palacio, 2019: 621.
  • Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Panama.

References

• Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 8, Combination in Neivamyrmex)
• Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 9, Raised to species)
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 524, Raised to species)
• Forel, A. 1911g. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303 (page 256, male described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1921d. Observations on army ants in British Guiana. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 56: 291-328 (page 314, Raised to species)

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.
• 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
• Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
• Forel A. 1911. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303.
• INBio Collection (via Gbif)
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
• Maes, J.-M. and W.P. MacKay. 1993. Catalogo de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 23.
• Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp