Acanthostichus lattkei

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Acanthostichus lattkei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Acanthostichus
Species: A. lattkei
Binomial name
Acanthostichus lattkei
Mackay, W.P., 1996

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Specimen Labels

Collected in soil below leaf litter in a tropical forest.

Identification

A member of the serratulus species complex. Mackay (1996) - This species is closely related to the others in the complex, but is easily distinguished by the elongate antennal scapes, the absence of carinae on the sides of the petiole, and longitudinal striations on the dorsal surface of petiole. It lacks the strongly excised medial border of the clypeus of Acanthostichus bentoni and often has a tooth in the middle of the anterior border of clypeus.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 7.8° to 7.8°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Venezuela (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

Known only from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

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

  • lattkei. Acanthostichus lattkei Mackay, 1996: 160, figs. 11, 28, 29, 46 (w.) VENEZUELA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 10 paratype workers.
    • Type-locality: holotype Venezuela: Tachira, Presa Las Cuevas, 44 km. NNW San Cristóbal, 7°48’N, 71°46’W, 500 m. (J. Lattke); paratypes with same data.
    • Type-depositories: MIZA (holotype); BMNH, ICNB, IMLT, LACM, MCZC, MIZA, MZSP, NHMB, WEMC (paratypes).
    • Distribution: Venezuela.

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

Description

Worker

HL 0.96-1.40, HW 0.93-1.34, SL 0.53-0.70, SW 0.16-0.24, WL 1.29-1.78, PW 0.40-0.59, PL 0.41-0.60, FL 0.74-1.04, FW 0.23-0.35, SI 48-55, SL/SW 2.89-3.23, CI 94-96, PI 98-103, FI 2.96-3.28.

Clypeus with well defined median tooth and well developed lateral angles; occiput concave; petiole longer than broad, subpetiolar process with a large, posteriorly directed tooth. Dorsum of petiole roughened, with at least two longitudinal troughs and many fine, longitudinal striae.

Type Material

Holotype worker Instituto de Zoologia Agricola]and 10 paratype workers The Natural History Museum, William and Emma Mackay Collection, Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo , Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Museo de Historia Natural, Bogata, MIZA, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, National Museum of Natural History, Venezuela, Tachira, Presa Las Cuevas, 44 Km NNW San Cristobal, 500 M. John Lattke; 7°48' N. 71°46' W [all seen].

References

  • Mackay, W. P. 1996. A revision of the ant genus Acanthostichus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 27: 129-179 (page 160, figs. 11, 28, 29, 46 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
  • 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.
  • Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
  • MacKay W. P. 1996. A revision of the ant genus Acanthostichus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 27: 129-179