Formica dusmeti

Formica dusmeti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	F. dusmeti
Binomial name
Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909 Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Palaearctic Formica rufa group species
• Key to Palaearctic species in the Formica rufa group

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 43.025851° to 36.127222°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Iberian Peninsula, Portugal, Spain (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.

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.

• dusmeti. Formica rufa subsp. dusmeti Emery, 1909b: 188 (w.) SPAIN. Bondroit, 1920a: 145 (q.); Santschi, 1932g: 5 (q.m.); Espadaler & Gómez, 2002: 39 (m.). Subspecies of truncicola: Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 438; Stitz, 1939: 346; of rufa: Emery, 1925b: 254. Raised to species: Bondroit, 1918: 60; Santschi, 1931a: 13. Junior synonym of nigricans: Bernard, 1967: 314. Revived from synonymy and status as species: Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 94; Collingwood, 1978: 74.

References

• Bernard, F. 1967a [1968]. Faune de l'Europe et du Bassin Méditerranéen. 3. Les fourmis (Hymenoptera Formicidae) d'Europe occidentale et septentrionale. Paris: Masson, 411 pp. (page 314, junior synonym of nigricans)

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 194, catalogue)

• Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 87: 1-174 (page 60, raised to species)

• Bondroit, J. 1920a [1919]. Notes diverses sur des fourmis d'Europe. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 59: 143-158 (page 145, queen described)

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Collingwood, C. A. 1978. A provisional list of Iberian Formicidae with a key to the worker caste (Hym. Aculeata). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 52: 65-95 (page 74, revived from synonymy and status as species)

• Collingwood, C. A.; Yarrow, I. H. H. 1969. A survey of Iberian Formicidae (Hymenoptera). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 44: 53-101 (page 94, revived from synonymy and status as species)

• Collingwood, C.A., Prince, A. 1998. A guide to ants of Continental Portugal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia. Supl nº5, pp 49.
• Emery, C. 1909b. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil VII. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 179-204 (page 188, worker described)

• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 254, subspecies of rufa)

• Espadaler, X.; Gómez, C. 2000. Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909, an Iberian endemic ant species: description of the male and distribution (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 50: 39-41. (page 39, male described)

• Santschi, F. 1931a. Inventa entomologica itineris Hispanici et Maroccani, quod a. 1926 fecerunt Harald et Håkan Lindberg. Fourmis du Bassin Méditerranéen occidental et du Maroc récoltées par MM. Lindberg. Comment. Biol. 3(1 14: 1-13 (page 13, raised to species)

• Santschi, F. 1932h. Fourmis du Portugal. Mem. Estud. Mus. Zool. Univ. Coimbra Sér. 1. Zool. Sist. 59: 1-3 (page 5, queen, male described)

• Seifert, B. 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – the famous mound-building red wood ants. Myrmecological News 31: 133-179 (doi:10.25849/MYRMECOL.NEWS_031:133).
• Stitz, H. 1939. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meersteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 37. Theil. Hautflüger oder Hymenoptera. I: Ameisen oder Formicidae. Jena: G. Fischer, 428 pp. (page 346, subspecies of trunicola)

• Tinaut, A., Ruano, F. 2021. Biogeography of Iberian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Diversity 13, 88. (doi:10.3390/d13020088).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1913i. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53: 379-565 (page 438, subspecies of trunicola)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Asociacion Iberica de Mirmecologia. 2012. List of species collected during the Taxomara Tres Cantos 2012. Iberomyrmex 4: 17-18.
• Bondroit, J.. "Les fourmis de France et de Belgique." Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 87 (1918): 1-174.
• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Collingwood C., and A. Prince. 1998. A guide to ants of continental Portugal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia. Suplemento 5: 1-49.
• Collingwood, C. A., and I. H. H. Yarrow. "A survey of Iberian Formicidae." EOS (Revista española de entomología) 44 (1969): 53-101.
• Collingwood, C. A.. "A provisional list of Iberian Formicidae with a key to the worker caste." EOS (Revista española de entomología) Nº LVII (1978): 65-95.
• Diniz, M. A.. "Estado actual do conhecimento dos himenópteros de Portugal." Memorias e Estudos do Museu Zoologico da Universidade de Coimbra 259 (1959): 1-42.
• Emery, C.. "Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae." en Wytsman, P. "Genera Insectorum" 183 (1925): 1-302.
• Espadaler, X., and C. Gomez. "Formica dusmeti Emery 1909, an Iberian endemic ant species: description of the male and distribution." Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 50(1) (2000): 39-41.
• Garcia Garcia F., and A. D. Cuesta-Esgura. 2017. First catalogue of the ants of Burgos province, Spain (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 60: 245–258.
• Goetsch, W.. "Beiträge zur Biologie spanischer Ameisen." EOS (Revista española de entomología) 18 (1942): 175-241.
• Holgersen H. 1944. The ants of Norway (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Nytt Magasin for Naturvidenskapene 84: 165-484.
• Martínez Ibáñez, M. D., and A. Tinaut. "Nuevas especies de formícidos (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) para la Sierra de Albarracín (Teruel)." Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural Tomo extra (1996): 174-177.
• Santschi, F.. "Fourmis du Portugal." Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra 59 (1932): 1-3.
• Tinaut A., F. Ruano, M Silvestre, and M. D. Martinez Ibanez. 2015. Review and update on the distribution of Formica frontalis Santschi, 1919 across the Iberian Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent. 39 (1-2): 115-133.
• Tinaut A., and M. D. Martinez. 2008. Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909. En: Libro rojo de los invertebrados de Andalucía / [José Miguel Barea Azcón, Elena Ballesteros Duperón y Diego Moreno Lampreave, Eds.]. Consejería de Medio Ambiente. 3
• Tinaut, A., and M. D. Martínez Ibáñez. "Taxonomy and distribution of Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909 and of F. frontalis Santschi, 1919." Graellsia 54 (1998): 31-41.
• Wheeler W. M. 1913. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53: 379-565.
• de Haro, Andrés, and C. A. Collingwood. "Prospección mirmecológica en la Cordillera Ibérica." Orsis 6 (1991): 129-126.
• de Haro, Andrés, and C. A. Collingwood. "Prospección mirmecológica por las sierras de Aitana-Alfaro y los cabos de la Nao-San Antonio (Alicante) y su comparación con la fauna balear y de Córcega-Cerdeña." Orsis 3 (1988): 165-172.
• del Campo Gracia P., M. D. Martinez Ibanez, A. Tinaut, and S. Montagud Alario. 2014. Faunistic study of the Formicidae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Comunitat Valenciana (Spain). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent. 38 (1-2): 33-65.