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Nesomyrmex pulcher
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Nesomyrmex |
| Species: | N. pulcher |
| Binomial name | |
| Nesomyrmex pulcher (Emery, 1917)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bolivia (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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- formosus. Leptothorax (Goniothorax) formosus Emery, 1915g: 25 (w.) BOLIVIA. [Junior primary homonym of Leptothorax formosus Santschi, 1909b: 469 (now in Temnothorax).] Replacement name: pulcher Emery, 1917a: 96.
- pulcher. Leptothorax (Goniothorax) pulcher Emery, 1917a: 96. Replacement name for formosus Emery, 1915g: 25. [Junior primary homonym of formosus Santschi, 1909b: 469 (now in Temnothorax).] Combination in Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 272. See also: Kempf, 1959c: 396.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 272, Combination in Nesomyrmex)
- Emery, C. 1915e. Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 10: 3-26 (page 25, [Junior primary homonym of formosus Santschi, 1909b: 469.] )
- Emery, C. 1917a. Questions de nomenclature et synonymies relatives à quelques genres et espèces de Formicides (Hym.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1917: 94-97 (page 96, Replacement name for formosus)
- 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 396, see also)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.