Vombisidris nahet

Vombisidris nahet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Vombisidris
Species:	V. nahet
Binomial name
Vombisidris nahet Bolton, 1991 Specimen labels

The type specimens were collected from vegetation.

Identification

A member of the philax group

Keys including this Species

• Key to Vombisidris workers

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Sulawesi.

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• nahet. Vombisidris nahet Bolton, 1991: 5, fig. 3 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
  • Type-locality: holotype Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, G. Mogogonipa, 1000 m., 26.iv.-22.v.1985, low vegetation (J. Martin); paratype Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga Bone N.P., 16-20.iii.1985 (J. Martin).
  • Type-depositories: BMNH (holotype); MCZC (paratype).
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 423; Xu & Yu, 2012: 1499 (in key).
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi).

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Holotype. TL 4.1, HL 0.82, HW 0.68, CI 83, SL 0.62, SI 91, PW 0.55, AL 1.02. Maximum diameter of eye 0.19 (0.28 x HW) and with 10 ommatidia in the longest row. Cephalic dorsum with a rugoreticulum everywhere. Subocular groove complete. Sides of head weakly convergent behind eyes. Alitrunk long and low, reticulate-rugose everywhere. Sides of mesonotum obtusely angular in dorsal view. Propodeal spines very long and strongly arched along their length. Metanotal groove absent. Peduncle of petiole long, the spiracle approximately at the midlength. Petiole and postpetiole reticulate-rugulose. First gastral tergite glassy smooth except for a band of short basigastral costulae immediately behind the postpetiole. All dorsal surfaces of body with dense standing pilosity. Colour yellow, the gaster paler than the head and alitrunk.

Paratype. TL 3.8, HL 0.80, HW 0.66, CI 83, SL 0.60, SI 91, PW 0.53, AL 0.98. Maximum diameter of eye 0.19 (0.29 x HW). as holotype.

Type Material

Holotype worker, Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, G. Mogogonipa, 1000 m, 26.iv-22.v.1985 (J. Martin) (The Natural History Museum). Paratype, one worker, Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga Bone NP, 16-20.iii.1985 (1. Martin) (Museum of Comparative Zoology).

References

• Bolton, B. 1991. New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 1-13. (page 5, fig. 3 worker described)
• Jeenthong, T., Jaitrong, W., Tasen, W. 2023. A new species of the ant genus Vombisidris Bolton, 1991 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Thailand. Tropical Natural History 23: 105-113.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bolton B. 1991. New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 16:1-13.