Fulakora armigera

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Fulakora armigera
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)

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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

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Worker

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Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0102512. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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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

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.