Allomerus vogeli

Allomerus vogeli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Allomerus
Species:	A. vogeli
Binomial name
	Allomerus vogeli; Kempf, 1975 Specimen labels

The type material was collected in Myrmidone macrosperma.

Identification

Fernández (2007) - In the original description, Kempf (1975) mentions that the A. vogeli worker possesses 9 flagelomeres, sometimes 10 due to the division of segments 2 or 3, the worker (Figure 1 in Kempf 1975) has 11 segments as a total. Allomerus vogeli, Allomerus dentatus and Allomerus maietae share in the possession of a propodeal tooth or spine, which separates them from the rest of the species that belong to the genus. Allomerus vogeli is distinguished from A. dentatus (the closest related species according to morphological traits) because of the position of the propodeal spiracle that in A. dentatus is closer to the propodeal spine than in A. vogeli.

Keys including this Species

Key to Allomerus species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 1.471388889° to 1.45°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality), 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

Fernández 2007. Figure 7. Allomerus vogeli. A, worker in lateral view; B, worker head in full face view; C, male head in full face view; D, male front wing. Redrawn from Kempf 1975:349, figures 1-4.

Male

Images from AntWeb


Paratype of Allomerus vogeli. Worker. Specimen code casent0178480. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MZSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Nomenclature

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

vogeli. Allomerus vogeli Kempf, 1975c: 348, figs. 1-4 (w.m.) BRAZIL (Amazonas).
- Status as species: Brandão, 1991: 324; Bolton, 1995b: 61; Fernández, 2007a: 173.

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

Description

References

Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
Fernández, F. 2007a. The myrmicine ant genus Allomerus Mayr. Caldasia. 29:159-175.
Kempf, W. W. 1975c. Miscellaneous studies on neotropical ants. VI. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 18: 341-380 (page 348, figs. 1-4 worker, male described)