Apterostigma turgidum
Apterostigma turgidum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Apterostigma |
Species: | A. turgidum |
Binomial name | |
Apterostigma turgidum Lattke, 1997 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 2.705257° to -10.06666667°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia (type locality), Panama.
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
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Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- turgidum. Apterostigma turgidum Lattke, 1997: 176, figs. 24, 35, 58, 202, 203 (w.) COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PANAMA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 3 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Colombia: Chocó, 10 km. SW San José del Palmar, Rio Torito, Finca Los Guaduales, 850 m., 1-4.vi.1978 (C. Kugler); paratypes: 1 worker with same data, 1 worker Ecuador: Pichincha, 4 km. E Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 520 m., 22.vi.1975, B-304 (S. & J. Peck), 1 worker Panama: Cerro Campana, 950 m., 14-26.ii.1976 (A. Newton).
- Type-depositories: MCZC (holotype); MCZC, MIZA (paratypes).
- Status as species: Fernández & Serna, 2019: 839.
- Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador, Panama.
Description
References
- Lattke, J. E. 1997. Revisión del género Apterostigma Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arq. Zool. (São Paulo) 34: 121-221 (page 176, figs. 24, 35, 58, 202, 203 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Lattke J. E. 1997. Revisión del género Apterostigma Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arquivos do Instituto Biológico (São Paulo) 34: 121-221