Nesomyrmex clavipilis
Nesomyrmex clavipilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Nesomyrmex |
Species: | N. clavipilis |
Binomial name | |
Nesomyrmex clavipilis Wheeler, W.M., 1910 |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Grenada.
Distribution based on AntMaps
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Countries Occupied
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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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- clavipilis. Nesomyrmex clavipilis Wheeler, W.M. 1910a: 259, fig. 1 (q.) WEST INDIES. Combination in Leptothorax (Goniothorax): Emery, 1924d: 250; in Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex): Kempf, 1959c: 429; in Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 272.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 272, Combination revived in Nesomyrmex)
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 250, Combination in Leptothorax (Goniothorax))
- Kempf, W. W. 1959d. A synopsis of the New World species belonging to the Nesomyrmex-group of the ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 2: 391-432 (page 429, Combination in Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex))
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910d. Three new genera of myrmicine ants from tropical America. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 28: 259-265.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Kempf W. W. 1959. A synopsis of the New World species belonging to the Nesomyrmex-group of the ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)2: 391-432.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Wheeler W. M. 1910. Three new genera of myrmicine ants from tropical America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 28: 259-265.