Neivamyrmex micans

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Neivamyrmex micans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Neivamyrmex
Species: N. micans
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex micans
Borgmeier, 1953

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (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.

  • micans. Neivamyrmex micans Borgmeier, 1953: 32, figs. 10, 12, 23 (m.) BRAZIL (Mato Grosso, Goiás).
    • Type-material: holotype male, 8 paratype males.
    • Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Mato Grosso, Fazenda Murtinho, ii.1930 (R. Spitz); paratypes: 6 males with same data, 1 male Mato Grosso, Maracaju, iii.1937 (Shannon & Cane), 1 male Brazil: Goiás, Campinas, 19.xi.1936 (P.J.S. Schwarzmaier).
    • Type-depository: MZSP.
    • Status as species: Borgmeier, 1955: 470 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 157; Watkins, 1976: 27 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 290.
    • Distribution: Brazil.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Borgmeier T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Studia Entomologica 2: 1-51.
  • Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
  • Esteves F. A., C. R. F. Brandao, and L. P. Prado. 2011. The type specimens of Dorylomorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Aenictinae, Ecitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Leptanilloidinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 51(22): 341-397.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp