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Discothyrea humilis
| Discothyrea humilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Proceratiinae |
| Tribe: | Proceratiini |
| Genus: | Discothyrea |
| Species: | D. humilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Discothyrea humilis Weber, 1939
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Identification
Chaul (2020) reporting on differences between characters of Discothyrea bobi and D. humilis, noted the following about this species: well-defined propodeal corners; posterior margin of petiole node in profile high.
Distribution
Central America, northern South America, Lesser Antilles
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 15.7214° to -64.36°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama (type locality), Venezuela.
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.
- humilis. Discothyrea humilis Weber, 1939a: 100 (q.) PANAMA (Barro Colorado I.).
- Type-material: 2 syntype queens.
- Type-locality: Panama: Canal Zone, Barro Colorado I., 13.vi.1938, and 20.vi.1938 (N.A. Weber).
- Type-depository: MCZC (perhaps also in AMNH).
- Status as species: Borgmeier, 1949: 206 (in key); Smith, M.R. & Wing, 1955: 107; Brown, 1958g: 253; Kempf, 1972a: 97; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Sosa-Calvo & Longino, 2008: 226; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 263; Escárraga, Longino & Sosa-Calvo, 2019: 686; Chaul, 2020: 207.
- Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama.
Description
References
- Chaul, J.C.M. 2020. A new species of Discothyrea Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais 15(1): 199-217 (doi:10.46357/bcnaturais.v15i1.266).
- Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 162(2), 59-210 (doi:10.3099/mcz-43.1).
- Weber, N. A. 1939a. New ants of rare genera and a new genus of ponerine ants. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 32: 91-104 (page 100, queen described)
- Wetterer, J.K. 2021. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of St. Vincent, West Indies. Sociobiology 68, e6725 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v68i2.6725).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borgmeier T. 1949. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas de Costa Rica e da Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 9: 201-210.
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362.
- Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
- Fernandes I., and J. de Souza. 2018. Dataset of long-term monitoring of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the influence areas of a hydroelectric power plant on the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e24375.
- Kaspari M., D. Donoso, J. A. Lucas, T. Zumbusch, and A. D. Kay. 2012. Using nutritional ecology to predict community structure: a field test in Neotropical ants. Ecosphere 3(11): art.93.
- Longino, J.T. 2010. Personal Communication. Longino Collection Database
- Rodriguez E. R., and J. E. Lattke. 2012. Diversidad de hormigas en un gradiente altitudinal de la cordillera de la Costa, Venezuela. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.) 50: 295?304.
- Smith M. R., and M. W. Wing. 1955. Redescription of Discothyrea testacea Roger, a little-known North American ant, with notes on the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 62: 105-112.
- Weber N. A. 1939. New ants of rare genera and a new genus of ponerine ants. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 32: 91-104.