Acromyrmex fowleri

Acromyrmex fowleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Acromyrmex
Species:	A. fowleri
Binomial name
Acromyrmex fowleri Rabeling, Messer, Lacau & Delabie, 2019

A workerless social parasite of Acromyrmex rugosus.

At a Glance

• Social Parasite

 

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Biology

This ant is a workerless inquiline social parasite in the nest of Acromyrmex rugosus.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.

• fowleri. Acromyrmex fowleri Rabeling, Messer, Lacau & Delabie, 2019: 445, figs. 1a, c, e, 2a, c, e, 3, 4a, c, e (q.m.) BRAZIL.

Type Material

• Holotype, queen, Bahia, Ilhéus, Praia do Norte, 18 km N Ilhéus, Brazil, 14.6197°S 39.0607°W / -14.6197; -39.0607, 27 November 1994, Jacques Delabie, ASUSIBR00000001, Laboratório de Mirmecologia CEPEC / CPDC; collected from the drift line of the Atlantic Ocean on the beach.

References

• Rabeling, C., Messer, S., Lacau, S., do Nascimento, I.C., Bacci, M., Delabie, J.H.C. 2019. Acromyrmex fowleri: a new inquiline social parasite species of leaf‑cutting ants from South America, with a discussion of social parasite biogeography in the Neotropical region. Insectes Sociaux 66: 435–451 (doi:10.1007/s00040-019-00705-z).