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Acanthomyrmex foveolatus
| Acanthomyrmex foveolatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Acanthomyrmex |
| Species: | A. foveolatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthomyrmex foveolatus Moffett, 1986
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Nothing is known about the biology of Acanthomyrmex foveolatus.
Identification
Moffett (1986) - Major worker similar to that of Acanthomyrmex mindanao, but with foveae on head very tiny and numerous. Minor worker unknown.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.
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. |
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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.
- foveolatus. Acanthomyrmex foveolatus Moffett, 1986c: 82, figs. 39D, 48-50 (s.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
- Type-material: holotype major worker.
- Type-locality: Malaysia: Sarawak, Mt Poi, 200 ft (E. Mjöberg).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 53; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 44; Yamada, Ito, et al. 2018: 10.
- Distribution: Malaysia (Sarawak).
Description
Worker
Major. Holotype measures HW 2.22, HL 2.49 (CI 90), SL 0.97 (SI 44), EL 0.22, HFL 1.16 (FLI 47; FWI 19) mm. Foveae on head numerous (even in vicinity of clypeus), very tiny and shallow (except for larger foveae along borders of antennal scrobes and beneath head, where foveae become confluent). Head virtually lacking pilosity. Cephalic hollow present but not as conspicuous as in A. mindanao. A darkly pigmented streak extends to hollow from dorsum of head; wide medial sulcus conspicuous from hollow to frontal area. Clypeal index 174. Forward margin of clypeus lacking a medial projection. Hypostomal teeth present.
Propodeal spines short, with distinctly thickened bases; bent caudad. Pronotal angle drawn out into a distinct tooth. Node of petiole without distinct dorsolateral denticles or spines, PWI narrow to intermediate (ca. 64). Anterior peduncle of petiole long and narrow, and lacking both lateral and sublateral petiolar hairs; subpetiolar declivity lacking. Postpetiole subrectangular, similar to that of A. mindanao; with only two pairs of hairs dorsally. Femora with scattered hairs, and with ventral surfaces distinctly concave. Orange yellow, with legs yellowish orange; head a richer orange and with contrasting yellow antennae.
Type Material
Holotype. Major worker deposited in Museum of Comparative Zoology from Malaysia: Sarawak: Mount Poi, 200 ft. (E. Mjoberg).
Etymology
Name referring to cephalic sculpture.
References
- Moffett, M.W. 1986c. Revision of the myrmicine genus Acanthomyrmex. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 151:55-89. [15.viii.1986.] (page 82, figs, 39D, 48-50 soldier described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58