Fulakora armigera
Fulakora armigera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
Genus: | Fulakora |
Species: | S. armigera |
Binomial name | |
Fulakora armigera (Mayr, 1887) |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -11.35° to -34.583333°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (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. |
Biology
Castes
Worker
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Images from AntWeb
Worker. Specimen code casent0102512. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Worker. Specimen code casent0173503. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- armigera. Amblyopone armigera Mayr, 1887: 547 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Combination in Stigmatomma: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 14;
- combination in Stigmatomma (Fulakora): Mann, 1919: 279;
- combination in Amblyopone: Borgmeier, 1957: 109;
- combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19;
- combination in Fulakora: Ward & Fisher, 2016: 691.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 14; Forel, 1895b: 110; Emery, 1911d: 25; Bruch, 1921: 186; Borgmeier, 1923: 52; Borgmeier, 1957: 109; Brown, 1960a: 167, 192 (in key); Kempf, 1968b: 374; Kempf, 1972a: 19; Lattke, 1991c: 6 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 61; Lacau & Delabie, 2002: 40 (in key); Wild, 2007b: 23; Feitosa, 2015c: 97.
- Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay.
Description
References
- Billen, J., Khalife, A., Ito, F., Anh, N.D., Esteves, F.A. 2021. The basitarsal sulcus gland, a novel exocrine structure in ants. Arthropod Structure, Development 61, 101041 (doi:10.1016/j.asd.2021.101041).
- Borgmeier, T. 1957a. Myrmecologische Studien, I. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 29: 103-128 (page 109, Combination in Amblyopone)
- Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 14, Combination in Stigmatomma)
- Feitosa, R.M., Silva, R.R.da, Aguiar, A.P. 2016. Diurnal flight periodicity of a Neotropical ant assemblage (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Atlantic Forest. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 60, 241–247. (doi:10.1016/j.rbe.2016.05.006).
- Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63: 273-391 (page 279, Combination in Stigmatomma (Fulakora))
- Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 37: 511-632 (page 547, worker described)
- Ward, P.S. & Fisher, B.L. 2016. Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, 41, 683–693 (doi:10.1111/syen.12186).
- Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2012. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer. PLoS ONE 7(3):e33325 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033325).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fleck M. D., E. Bisognin Cantarelli, and F. Granzotto. 2015. Register of new species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Rio Grande do Sul state. Ciencia Florestal, Santa Maria 25(2): 491-499.
- Silva T. S. R., and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. Using controlled vocabularies in anatomical terminology: A case study with Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arthropod Structure and Development 52: 1-26.
- Wild, A. L.. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.