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Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus
| Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Pogonomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Pogonomyrmex |
| Species group: | barbatus |
| Species: | P. tenuispinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus Forel, 1914 | |
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Rarely collected and poorly known.
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Mexico: Cape Region and offshore islands, Baja California.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 36.07° to 23.232902°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).
Neotropical Region: Mexico.
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
Flight Period
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Castes
Only known from the worker caste.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- tenuispinus. Pogonomyrmex desertorum var. tenuispina Forel, 1914d: 269 (w.) U.S.A. Subspecies of desertorum: Creighton, 1950a: 125. Raised to species and senior synonym of dentatus: Cole, 1968: 77.
- dentatus. Pogonomyrmex dentatus Olsen, 1934: 505 (w.) MEXICO. Junior synonym of tenuispinus: Cole, 1968: 77.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Cole (1968) - HL 1.94-2.09 mm, HW 2.13-2.17 mm, CI 103.6-109.8, SL 1.37-1.44 mm, SI 64.3-66.7, EL 0.38-0.42 mm, EW 0.27-0.30 mm, OI 19.6-20.0, WL 2.13-2.28 mm, PNL 0.44-0.47 mm, PNW 0.42-0.46 mm, PPL 0.49-0.53 mm, PPW 0.65-0.68 mm.
Mandible as illustrated in Pl. III, Fig. 18; similar to that of Pogonomyrmex bicolor; penultimate and ultimate basal teeth widely separated. Base of antennal scape as in Pl. IV, Fig. 14; superior lobe strongly developed; basal flange not extending beyond apex of superior lobe; lip well developed, bipartite.
Lateral lobes of clypeus with a prominent, blunt, tooth-like projection in front of each antennal fossa. Frontal area smooth and shining, without a prominent median carina. Cephalic rugulae closely spaced, very delicate. Posterior corners of head smooth, at least somewhat shining. Contour of thorax, petiole, and postpetiole, in lateral view, as shown in Pl. V, Fig. 6. Epinotal spines long, very slender, of nearly the same diameter throughout. Contour of petiole and post petiole, in dorsal view, as illustrated in Pl. VII, Fig. 23. Venter of petiolar peduncle without a process. Postpetiole with a prominent ventral process. Pronotal pleura densely punctate, without rugae. Head, thorax, petiole, and postpetiole light to medium ferrugineous red; gaster darker.
Type Material
Cole (1968) - Type locality: Unknown; probably Miraflores and Sierra San Lazaro, Cape Region, Baja California, Mexico.
References
- Alatorre-Bracamontes, C.E., Vásquez-Bolaños, M. 2010. Lista comentada de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del norte de México. Dugesiana 17(1): 9-36.
- Cole, A. C., Jr. 1968. Pogonomyrmex harvester ants. A study of the genus in North America. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, x + 222 pp. (page 77, raised to species, and senior synonym of dentatus)
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 125, Subspecies of desertorum)
- Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 211-288 (page 269, worker described)
- Parker, J.D., Rissing, S.W. 2002. Molecular evidence for the origin of workerless social parasites in the ant genus Pogonomyrmex. Evolution 56: 2017-2028.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
- Fernandes, P.R. XXXX. Los hormigas del suelo en Mexico: Diversidad, distribucion e importancia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
- Johnson R. Personnal Database. Accessed on February 5th 2014 at http://www.asu.edu/clas/sirgtools/resources.htm
- Johnson, R.A. and P.S. Ward. 2002. Biogeography and endemism of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Baja California, Mexico: a first overview. Journal of Biogeography 29:10091026/
- Mackay, W.P., E.E. Mackay, J.F. Perez Dominguez, L.I. Valdez Sanchez and P.V. Orozco. 1985. Las hormigas del estado de Chihuahua Mexico: El genero Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) . Sociobiology 11(1):39-54
- Rocio, C. B., F. Solis Marin, A. Ortega Rubio, H. Romero Schmidt, and C. Arguelles Mendez, 1993. Absence of response of ant numbers to livestock exclosure at baja-california-sur, Mexico. Arquivos de Biologia e Tecnologia 36: 829-837.
- Snelling, R.R. 1981. The taxonomy and distribution of some North American Pogonomyrmex and descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 80(3):97-112.
- Vasquez-Bolanos M. 2011. Checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Mexico. Dugesiana 18(1): 95-133.
- Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133