Acanthognathus ocellatus
Acanthognathus ocellatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Acanthognathus |
Species: | A. ocellatus |
Binomial name | |
Acanthognathus ocellatus Mayr, 1887 |
At a Glance | • Ergatoid queen |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 18.5859972° to -27.741°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality), Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, 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
Ergatoid queens occur as well as winged queens (Silva & Brandao 2014).
Images from AntWeb
Worker. Specimen code casent0178718. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MIZA, Maracay, Venezuela. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ocellatus. Acanthognathus ocellatus Mayr, 1887: 579 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Brazil: Sta Catharina (Hetschko).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Mann, 1916: 452 (q); Silva, T.S.R. & Brandão, 2014: 164 (ergatoid q.).
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 148; Forel, 1895b: 136; Mann, 1916: 452; Santschi, 1922b: 353; Emery, 1924d: 318; Borgmeier, 1927c: 120; Smith, M.R. 1944c: 150 (in key); Kempf, 1958g: 553; Kempf, 1964e: 67; Brown & Kempf, 1969: 95 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 9; Kempf, 1975a: 412; Brandão, 1991: 322; Bolton, 1995b: 53; Bolton, 1999: 1652; Bolton, 2000: 16; Sosa-Calvo, et al. 2006: 820; Galvis & Fernández, 2009: 246; Sosa-Calvo, et al. 2010: 39 (in key); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 256; Silva, T.S.R. & Brandão, 2014: 164; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 114; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 831.
- Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Trinidad, Venezuela.
Description
References
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