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Simopelta bicolor
| Simopelta bicolor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Simopelta |
| Species: | S. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Simopelta bicolor Borgmeier, 1950 | |
Nothing is known about the biology of Simopelta bicolor.
Identification
Mackay and Mackay (2008) - The worker of this species is easily recognized, as the mandible has six or more teeth. The clypeus lacks a spine. All other species in the genus have three-five mandibular teeth. The mesosoma is only slightly depressed at the promesonotal and metanotal sutures. It is bright, ferrugineous red with a yellow petiole and gaster.
The narrow petiole (as seen from the side) could cause confusion with the Brasilian Simopelta minima and the central and northern South America Simopelta pergandei, which also have narrow petioles. It can be separated from both of these species by the number of mandibular teeth: the latter two species only have three teeth.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Espirito Santo, Brazil.
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (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
Known only from the worker caste.
Worker
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- bicolor. Simopelta bicolor Borgmeier, 1950a: 377, figs. 13-20 (w.) BRAZIL (Espirito Santo).
- Type-material: 24 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Brazil: Espirito Santo, Santa Teresa, 4.xi.1928 (O. Conde).
- Type-depositories: MCZC, MZSP.
- Combination in Belonopelta: Baroni Urbani, 1975b: 299 (in key);
- combination in Simopelta: Bolton, 1995b: 383.
- Status as species: Gotwald & Brown, 1967: 273; Kempf, 1972a: 230; Baroni Urbani, 1975b: 299 (in key); Brandão, 1991: 330; Bolton, 1995b: 383; Mackay & Mackay, 2008: 297 (redescription); Feitosa, 2015c: 99.
- Distribution: Brazil.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Type Material
Mackay and Mackay (2008) - Worker, Brasil: Espírito Santo: Santa Teresa; paratype seen, Museum of Comparative Zoology
References
- Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1975b. Contributo alla conoscenza dei generi Belonopelta Mayr e Leiopelta gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 48: 295-310 (page 299, combination in Belonopelta)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 383, combination in Simopelta, revived combination, catalogue)
- Borgmeier, T. 1950a. A fêmea dichthadiiforme e os estádios evolutivos de Simopelta pergandei (Forel), e a descriça~o de S. bicolor, n. sp. (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 21: 369-380. (page 377, figs. 13-20 worker described)
- Gotwald, W. H., Jr.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1967 [1966]. The ant genus Simopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 73: 261-277 (page 273, see also)
- Mackay, W.P., Mackay, E.E. 2008. Revision of the ants of the genus Simopelta Mann (pp. 285-328). In Jíminez, E., Fernández, F., Arias, T.M. & Lozano-Zambrano, F.H. (eds). Sistematica, biogeografia y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia: 609 pp. Instituto Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota.