Neivamyrmex maxillosus
Neivamyrmex maxillosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Neivamyrmex |
Species: | N. maxillosus |
Binomial name | |
Neivamyrmex maxillosus (Emery, 1900) |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 3.55° to 3.55°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
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. |
Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
Holotype of Neivamyrmex maxillosus. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0903741. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- maxillosus. Eciton maxillosum Emery, 1900a: 181, figs. 13, 14 (m.) BRAZIL (Amazonas).
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Brazil: Amazonas, Manicoré (Staudinger).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Combination in E. (Acamatus): Emery, 1900a: 187;
- combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 6.
- Status as species: Emery, 1910b: 26; Borgmeier, 1923: 47; Borgmeier, 1955: 350 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 156; Watkins, 1976: 21 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 290; Palacio, 2019: 621.
- Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.
Description
References
- Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 6, Combination in Neivamyrmex)
- Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 350, see also)
- Emery, C. 1900e. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)8:173-188 (page 181, figs. 13, 14 male described)
- Emery, C. 1900e. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)8:173-188 (page 187, Combination in E. (Acamatus))
- Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
- Santschi F. 1911. Une nouvelle espèce d'Eciton. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56: 113.