Apterostigma serratum
Apterostigma serratum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Apterostigma |
Species: | A. serratum |
Binomial name | |
Apterostigma serratum Lattke, 1997 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -12.7° to -20.753°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (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. |
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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
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Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- serratum. Apterostigma serratum Lattke, 1997: 168, figs. 70, 95, 110, 133, 156 (w.q.m.) BRAZIL (Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 6 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens, 2 paratype males.
- Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Minas Gerais, Viçosa, 700 m., 12.ii.993, no.77 (A. Mayhé-Nunes); paratypes: 1 queen, 1 male with same data, 1 worker, 1 queen, 1 male with same data but no. 78, 5 workers Brazil: Santa Catarina (no collector’s name).
- Type-depositories: MZSP (holotype); MZSP, NHMW (paratypes).
- Distribution: Brazil.
Description
References
- Lattke, J. E. 1997. Revisión del género Apterostigma Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arq. Zool. (São Paulo) 34: 121-221 (page 168, figs. 70, 95, 110, 133, 156 worker, queen, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Klingenberg, C. and C.R.F. Brandao. 2005. The type specimens of fungus growing ants, Attini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 45(4):41-50
- Lattke J. E. 1997. Revisión del género Apterostigma Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arquivos do Instituto Biológico (São Paulo) 34: 121-221