Pseudomyrmex duckei
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| Pseudomyrmex duckei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
| Genus: | Pseudomyrmex |
| Species: | P. duckei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudomyrmex duckei (Forel, 1906)
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A rarely encountered rainforest species.
Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality), Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- duckei. Pseudomyrma duckei Forel, 1906d: 227 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kusnezov, 1964: 83.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1906d. Fourmis néotropiques nouvelles ou peu connues. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 50: 225-249 (page 227, worker described)
- Kusnezov, N. 1964 [1963]. Zoogeografía de las hormigas en Sudamérica. Acta Zool. Lilloana 19: 25-186 (page 83, Combination in Pseudomyrmex)
- Ward, P. S. 1996. A new workerless social parasite in the ant genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a discussion of the origin of social parasitism in ants. Systeamtic Entomology. 21:253-263. PDF
