Acromyrmex biscutatus

Acromyrmex biscutatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Acromyrmex
Species:	A. biscutatus
Binomial name
Acromyrmex biscutatus (Fabricius, 1775)

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 3.75° to 3.75°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: French Guiana (type locality).

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.

Nomenclature

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

• biscutatus. Formica biscutata Fabricius, 1775: 394 (q.) FRENCH GUIANA.
  • Combination in Atta: Fabricius, 1804: 422;
  • combination in Acromyrmex: Emery, 1924d: 351.
  • Status as species: Fabricius, 1782: 492; Fabricius, 1787: 309; Gmelin, 1790: 2801; Christ, 1791: 506; Olivier, 1792: 498; Fabricius, 1793: 360; Latreille, 1802c: 287; Fabricius, 1804: 422; Mayr, 1863: 395; Dalla Torre, 1893: 151; Emery, 1924d: 351.
  • Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Acromyrmex: Kempf, 1972a: 16; Bolton, 1995b: 54.

References

• Fabricius, J. C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg and Leipzig]: Korte, 832 pp. (page 394, queen described)
• Fabricius, J. C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunswick: C. Reichard, xiv + 15-439 + 30 pp. (page 422, Combination in Atta)
• Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 16, incertae sedis in Acromyrmex)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.