Trichomyrmex santschii

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Trichomyrmex santschii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Trichomyrmex
Species group: destructor
Species: T. santschii
Binomial name
Trichomyrmex santschii
Forel, 1907

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Identification

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Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.8° to 31.89111111°.

   
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Subtropical
Tropical South
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Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Tunisia.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Holcomyrmex santschiiWorker. Specimen code casent0913815. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • santschii. Holcomyrmex santschii Forel, 1907b: 203 (w.) TUNISIA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Tunisia: Kairouan (F. Santschi).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • [Holcomyrmex santschii Santschi, 1907: 329. Nomen nudum (attributed to Forel).]
    • Santschi, 1911f: 84 (m.); Karavaiev, 1912a: 3 (q.).
    • Combination in Monomorium: Emery, 1908h: 669;
    • combination in M. (Holcomyrmex): Santschi, 1911f: 84;
    • combination in M. (Isolcomyrmex): Santschi, 1917b: 296;
    • combination in M. (Parholcomyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 180;
    • combination in Trichomyrmex: Ward, et al. 2015: 76.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1908h: 669; Santschi, 1911f: 84; Karavaiev, 1912a: 3; Emery, 1922e: 180; Bernard, 1953a: 167.
    • Senior synonym of santschianum Ettershank, 1966: 92 (unnecessary replacement name).
    • Senior synonym of major Bernard, 1953a: 168 (unnecessary replacement name).
    • Material of the nomen nudum indicus referred here by Dalla Torre, 1893: 65.
    • Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia.
  • santschianum. Monomorium santschianum Ettershank, 1966: 92.
    • Combination in Trichomyrmex: Ward, et al. 2015: 76.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1987: 296.
    • Unnecessary replacement name for Holcomyrmex santschii Forel, 1907b: 203.
  • major. Monomorium (Isolcomyrmex) santschii var. major Bernard, 1953a: 168 (w.) ALGERIA.
    • Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
    • Type-localities: 3 syntypes Algeria: Tassili des Ajjer, st. 37, wadi Issandilène, iii.-v.1949 (F. Bernard); 1 syntype Algeria: Tassili des Ajjer, plateau de Dider, N slope, st. 47, 1400 m., iii.-v.1949 (F. Bernard).
    • Type-depository: MNHN.
    • Subspecies of santschii: Ettershank, 1966: 90.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 264; Borowiec, L. 2014: 121 (error).
    • Synonym of santschii, santschianum: Bolton, 1995b: 264.
    • [Note: Bolton, 1995b: 264, gave seniority to major because of then current homonymic status, but santschii Forel, 1907b: 203, has priority on transfer of santschii from Monomorium to Trichomyrmex, with redundancy of homonymy]

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 54: 263-452
  • 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).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Barech G., M. Khaldi, X. Espadaler, and H. Cagniant. 2017. The genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Maghreb (North Africa): Identification key, redescription of Monomorium major Bernard, 1953 and new records from Algeria. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 61: 151-157.
  • Bernard F. 1953. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) 1953. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp.
  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
  • Forel A. 1905. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185.
  • Forel A. 1906. Moeurs des fourmis parasites des genres Wheeleria et Bothriomyrmex. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 14: 51-69.
  • Forel A. 1907. Fourmis nouvelles de Kairouan et d'Orient. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 51: 201-208.
  • Forel, A. "Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905)." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 49 (1905): 155-185.
  • Guillem R., K. Bensusan, and A. Taheri. 2012. First record of the ant subfamily Cerapachyinae Forel, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Morocco. Bulletin de l’Institut Scientifique, Rabat, section Sciences de la Vie 34(2): 121-123.
  • Santschi, F. 1911. Formicides nouveaux de l'Afrique Mineure (4e note suite). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 2: 78-85
  • Santschi, F. 1926. Quelques fourmis nord-africaines. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 17: 229-236
  • Santschi, F. "Formicides nouveaux de l'Afrique Mineure (4e note suite)." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 2 (1911): 78-85.
  • Santschi, F. "Fourmis de Tunisie capturées en 1906." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 15 (1907): 305-334.
  • Santschi, F. "Une nouvelle fourmis parasite." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 4 (1913): 229-230.