Myrmicaria arachnoides

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Myrmicaria arachnoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Myrmicaria
Species: M. arachnoides
Binomial name
Myrmicaria arachnoides
(Smith, F., 1857)

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies
Synonyms

Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in the canopy of a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei.

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 2.547988° to -6.75°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.

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

Images from AntWeb

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Holotype of Heptacondylus longipesWorker. Specimen code casent0900500. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
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Syntype of Myrmicaria arachnoidesWorker. Specimen code casent0901425. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.

Nomenclature

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

  • arachnoides. Heptacondylus arachnoides Smith, F. 1857a: 72 (w.q.) BORNEO. Mayr, 1867a: 114 (m.). Combination in Myrmicaria: Mayr, 1867a: 113. Senior synonym of longipes: Mayr, 1863: 423. Current subspecies: nominal plus adpressipilosa, latinoda, lutea, luteiventris. See also: Karavaiev, 1935a: 77.
  • longipes. Heptacondylus longipes Smith, F. 1858b: 142 (w.) BORNEO. Junior synonym of arachnoides: Mayr, 1863: 423.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Heptacondylus arachnoides

One worker syntype and one queen syntype in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “SAR. 11.”

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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  • Emery, C. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine)." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 5, no. 25 (1887): 427-473.
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  • Yahya B. E., and S. Yamane. 2006. Nesting biology of a tropical myrmicine ant, Myrmicaria arachnoides (Formicidae), in West Java, Indonesia. Journal of Hymenopteran Research 15(2): 307-316.
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