Gnamptogenys andersoni

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Gnamptogenys andersoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Gnamptogenys
Species: G. andersoni
Binomial name
Gnamptogenys andersoni
Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2008

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Panama (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

Nomenclature

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

  • andersoni. Gnamptogenys andersoni Mackay & Mackay, in Lattke, et al. 2008: 78 (w.) PANAMA, COSTA RICA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 6 paratype workers.
    • Type-locality: holotype Panama: Chiriquí, Fortuna area, Finca La Suisse, 12.vi.1995, #1777 (R. Anderson); paratypes with same data.
    • Type-depositories: MCZC (holotype); CASC, IAVH, MCZC, MIZA, WEMC (paratypes).
    • Status as species: Camacho, et al. 2020: 458 (in key); Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
    • Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama.

Description

Lattke et al. 2008, page 78.
Lattke et al. 2008, page 78.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Lattke J. E., F. Fernández, T. M. Arias-Penna, E. E. Palacio, W. Mackay, and E. MacKay. 2008. Género Gnamptogenys Roger. Pp. 66-100 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp.