Pseudomyrmex euryblemma

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Pseudomyrmex euryblemma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species: P. euryblemma
Binomial name
Pseudomyrmex euryblemma
(Forel, 1899)

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Specimen labels

Synonyms

Identification

Ward (1989) - P. euryblemma is a common and widespread species, whose laterally angulate median clypeal lobe (in workers and queens) and anteroventrally recurved pygidium (in males), clearly place it in the P. pallidus group. Workers of this species have a broad head (HW 0.81-0.98, CI 0.86-0.92; n=14) whose puncticulate-coriarious sculpture weakens towards the vertex (which is sublucid); wide but shallow metanotal groove; long basal face of the propodeum; and pubescent fourth abdominal tergite. The propodeal spiracles are rather salient in dorsal view, and individuals are typically dark brown in color.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 17.509° to -22.809943°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica (type locality), Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0178620. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MIZA, Maracay, Venezuela.
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Worker. Specimen code inbiocri001230868. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by INBio.

Nomenclature

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

  • euryblemma. Pseudomyrma euryblemma Forel, 1899c: 90 (w.) COSTA RICA. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972a: 218. Senior synonym of kurokii: Ward, 1989: 437.
  • kurokii. Pseudomyrma kurokii Forel, 1906d: 226 (w.) COLOMBIA. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972a: 220. Junior synonym of euryblemma: Ward, 1989: 437.

Description

Ward (1989) - Syntype worker, (unique), Alajuela, Costa Rica (Alfaro) (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa) [Examined].

Pseudomyrma kurokii Forel, 1906:226. Syntype worker (unique), Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia (Forel) (Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève) [Examined].

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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  • Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
  • Fernández F., E. E. Palacio, W. P. Mackay, and E. S. MacKay. 1996. Introducción al estudio de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Colombia. Pp. 349-412 in: Andrade M. G., G. Amat García, and F. Fernández. (eds.) 1996. Insectos de Colombia. Estudios escogidos. Bogotá: Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 541 pp
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  • Forel A. 1906. Fourmis néotropiques nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 50: 225-249.
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  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Navarro, E.V. Vergara, H. Echavarria Sanchez, F.J. Serna Cardona. 2007. Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) asociadas al arboretum de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellin. Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 40:497-505.
  • Ward P. S. 1990. The Ant Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Generic Revision and Relationship to Other Formicids. Systematic Entomology 15: 449-489
  • Ward, P. S. 1989. Systematic Studies on Pseudomyrmecine Ants: Revision of the Pseudomyrmex Oculatus and P. Subtilissimus Species Groups with Taxonomic Comments on Other Species. Questiones Entomologicae 25: 393-468
  • Wild, A. L. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.