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Trichomyrmex emeryi laevior
| Trichomyrmex emeryi laevior | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Trichomyrmex |
| Species group: | destructor |
| Species: | T. emeryi |
| Subspecies: | T. emeryi laevior |
| Trinomial name | |
| Trichomyrmex emeryi laevior (Mayr, 1897) | |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Sri Lanka (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.
- laevior. Monomorium emeryi subsp. laevior Mayr, 1897: 427 (w.) SRI LANKA.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Kalawewa (Madarász).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- [Misspelled as laevius by Ettershank, 1966: 90.]
- Combination in Trichomyrmex: Ward, et al. 2015: 76.
- Subspecies of emeryi: Forel, 1903a: 687; Emery, 1922e: 176; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 166; Ettershank, 1966: 90; Bolton, 1995b: 263; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 99.
- Distribution: Sri Lanka.
Description
References
- Mayr, G. 1897. Formiciden aus Ceylon und Singapur. Természetr. Füz. 20: 420-436 (page 427, worker described )
- Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L., Schultz, T.R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40: 61–81 (doi:10.1111/syen.12090).