Lasiophanes atriventris

Lasiophanes atriventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Melophorini
Genus:	Lasiophanes
Species:	L. atriventris
Binomial name
Lasiophanes atriventris (Smith, F., 1858) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Formica nigriventris Spinola, 1851 Acanthomyops negrensis Donisthorpe, 1933 Acanthomyops rufoniger Donisthorpe, 1933 Lasius dichrous Roger, 1863

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -36.619181° to -41.323364°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Chile (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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0128151. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Worker. Specimen code casent0280428. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection.

Nomenclature

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

• nigriventris. Formica nigriventris Spinola, 1851a: 239 (w.) CHILE. [Junior primary homonym of Formica nigriventris Guérin-Méneville, 1831, pl. 8, fig. 4 (now in Leptomyrmex).] First available replacement name: atriventris Smith, F. 1858b: 51, designated by Bolton, 1995b: 220. Combination in Melophorus (Lasiophanes): Emery, 1895i: 16; in Lasiophanes: Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 70. Senior synonym of atriventris: Mayr, 1863: 412; Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 107; of dichrous: Emery, 1893h: 2; Dalla Torre, 1893: 190; of negrensis, rufoniger: Kusnezov, 1952c: 94.
• atriventris. Formica atriventris Smith, F. 1858b: 51 (w.) CHILE. Earliest junior synonym of Formica nigriventris Spinola, 1851a: 239 [Junior primary homonym of Formica nigriventris Guérin-Méneville, 1831, pl. 8, fig. 4 (now in Leptomyrmex).], hence first available replacement name for nigriventris Spinola: Bolton, 1995b: 220 (see there for other synonymy, etc.).
• dichrous. Lasius dichrous Roger, 1863a: 164 (w.) CHILE. Forel, 1886f: 208 (q.). Junior synonym of nigriventris: Emery, 1893h: 2; Dalla Torre, 1893: 190.
• negrensis. Acanthomyops (Chthonolasius) negrensis Donisthorpe, 1933c: 537 (q.) ARGENTINA. Combination in Lasiophanes: Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 70; Donisthorpe, 1937a: 628. Junior synonym of nigriventris: Kusnezov, 1952c: 94.
• rufoniger. Acanthomyops (Chthonolasius) rufoniger Donisthorpe, 1933c: 537 (w.) ARGENTINA. Combination in Lasiophanes: Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 70; Donisthorpe, 1937a: 628. Junior synonym of nigriventris: Kusnezov, 1952c: 94.

References

• Donisthorpe, H. 1933d. On a small collection of ants made by Dr. F. W. Edwards in Argentina. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(12): 532-538.
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 220, first available replacement name for nigriventris Spinola)
• Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
• Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 51, worker described)
• Spinola, M. 1851a. Insectos. Orden 7. Himenopteros. Pp. 153-569 in: Gay, C. Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoologia. Tomo 6. Paris: Maulde & Renon, 572 pp. (page 239, Earliest junior synonym of Formica nigriventris)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Emery C. 1906. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 37: 107-194.
• Fergnani P. N., P. Sackmann, and A. Ruggiero. 2013. The spatial variation in ant species composition and functional groups across the Subantarctic-Patagonian transition zone. Journal of Insect Conservation 17: 295-305.
• Goetsch W. and C. Menozzi. 1935. Die Ameisen Chiles. Konowia 14: 94-102
• Goetsch, W., and C. Menozzi. "Die Ameisen Chiles." Konowia 14 (1935): 94-102.
• Kempf W. W. 1970. Catálogo das formigas do Chile. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 23: 17-43.
• Kusnezov N. 1960. La fauna de hormigas en el oeste de la Patagonia y Tierra del Fuego. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 17: 321-401.
• Menozzi C. 1935. Fauna Chilensis. II. (Nach Sammlungen von W. Goetsch). Le formiche del Cile. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere. 67: 319-336.
• Sackmann P., A. Farji-Brener, and J. Corley. 2008. The impact of an exotic social wasp ( Vespula germanica ) on the native arthropod community of north-west Patagonia, Argentina: an experimental study. Ecological Entomology 33: 213-224.
• Snelling R. R., and J. H. Hunt. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Revista Chilena de Entomología 9: 63-129.