Myrmelachista skwarrae laeta

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Myrmelachista skwarrae laeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Myrmelachistini
Genus: Myrmelachista
Species: M. skwarrae
Subspecies: M. skwarrae laeta
Trinomial name
Myrmelachista skwarrae laeta
Wheeler, W.M., 1934

The type material was found in Tillandsia balbisiana and T. circinata.

Identification

Worker with nine antennal segments. See Longino's comments regarding Myrmelachista of southern Mexico.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Mexico (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.

  • laeta. Myrmelachista skwarrae subsp. laeta Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 195 (w.) MEXICO.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Type Material

Longino (2006) - Syntype workers: Mexico, Veracruz, Mirador (Skwarra). “...five workers (40) taken by Dr. Skwarra at Mirador Vera Cruz (type locality) in Tillandsia balbisiana, and one worker (762) taken at Cuautla, Morelos in T. circinata.”

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