Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus

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Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Pogonomyrmecini
Genus: Pogonomyrmex
Species group: barbatus
Species: P. tenuispinus
Binomial name
Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus
Forel, 1914

Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus casent0005709 profile 1.jpg Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus casent0005709 dorsal 1.jpg Specimen Label

Synonyms

Rarely collected and poorly known.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Mexico: Cape Region and offshore islands, Baja California.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.07° to 23.232902°.

     
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).
Neotropical Region: Mexico.

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

Flight Period

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Source: antkeeping.info.

Castes

Only known from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

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

  • tenuispinus. Pogonomyrmex desertorum var. tenuispina Forel, 1914d: 269 (w.) U.S.A. Subspecies of desertorum: Creighton, 1950a: 125. Raised to species and senior synonym of dentatus: Cole, 1968: 77.
  • dentatus. Pogonomyrmex dentatus Olsen, 1934: 505 (w.) MEXICO. Junior synonym of tenuispinus: Cole, 1968: 77.

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

Description

Worker

Cole (1968) - HL 1.94-2.09 mm, HW 2.13-2.17 mm, CI 103.6-109.8, SL 1.37-1.44 mm, SI 64.3-66.7, EL 0.38-0.42 mm, EW 0.27-0.30 mm, OI 19.6-20.0, WL 2.13-2.28 mm, PNL 0.44-0.47 mm, PNW 0.42-0.46 mm, PPL 0.49-0.53 mm, PPW 0.65-0.68 mm.

Mandible as illustrated in Pl. III, Fig. 18; similar to that of Pogonomyrmex bicolor; penultimate and ultimate basal teeth widely separated. Base of antennal scape as in Pl. IV, Fig. 14; superior lobe strongly developed; basal flange not extending beyond apex of superior lobe; lip well developed, bipartite.

Lateral lobes of clypeus with a prominent, blunt, tooth-like projection in front of each antennal fossa. Frontal area smooth and shining, without a prominent median carina. Cephalic rugulae closely spaced, very delicate. Posterior corners of head smooth, at least somewhat shining. Contour of thorax, petiole, and postpetiole, in lateral view, as shown in Pl. V, Fig. 6. Epinotal spines long, very slender, of nearly the same diameter throughout. Contour of petiole and post petiole, in dorsal view, as illustrated in Pl. VII, Fig. 23. Venter of petiolar peduncle without a process. Postpetiole with a prominent ventral process. Pronotal pleura densely punctate, without rugae. Head, thorax, petiole, and postpetiole light to medium ferrugineous red; gaster darker.

Type Material

Cole (1968) - Type locality: Unknown; probably Miraflores and Sierra San Lazaro, Cape Region, Baja California, Mexico.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
  • Fernandes, P.R. XXXX. Los hormigas del suelo en Mexico: Diversidad, distribucion e importancia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
  • Johnson R. Personnal Database. Accessed on February 5th 2014 at http://www.asu.edu/clas/sirgtools/resources.htm
  • Johnson, R.A. and P.S. Ward. 2002. Biogeography and endemism of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Baja California, Mexico: a first overview. Journal of Biogeography 29:1009–1026/
  • Mackay, W.P., E.E. Mackay, J.F. Perez Dominguez, L.I. Valdez Sanchez and P.V. Orozco. 1985. Las hormigas del estado de Chihuahua Mexico: El genero Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) . Sociobiology 11(1):39-54
  • Rocio, C. B., F. Solis Marin, A. Ortega Rubio, H. Romero Schmidt, and C. Arguelles Mendez, 1993. Absence of response of ant numbers to livestock exclosure at baja-california-sur, Mexico. Arquivos de Biologia e Tecnologia 36: 829-837.
  • Snelling, R.R. 1981. The taxonomy and distribution of some North American Pogonomyrmex and descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 80(3):97-112.
  • Vasquez-Bolanos M. 2011. Checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Mexico. Dugesiana 18(1): 95-133.
  • Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133