Bothriomyrmex anastasiae
Bothriomyrmex anastasiae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | Bothriomyrmex |
Species: | B. anastasiae |
Binomial name | |
Bothriomyrmex anastasiae Dubovikoff, 2002 |
The type material was collected by K. V. Arnoldi in a pine forest.
Identification
Dubovikoff (2002) - A member of the Bothriomyrmex adriacus group. I include in this group, in addition to the nominotypical species, also Bothriomyrmex modestus and Bothriomyrmex communista anatolicus. The taxonomic status of the last species is not fully understood yet and calls for refinement, for which purpose a study of queens and males is necessary. B. anastasiae is distinguished from species of this group by the head measurements of workers and queens (B. anastasiae, CIq = 94-96; CIw = 91-93; B. adriacus, CIw = 85-88; B. modestus, CIw = 89-90) and short scapus only slightly projecting beyond the occipital head margin (S I = 85-89).
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Russian Federation (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
Castes
Worker
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Queen
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- anastasiae. Bothriomyrmex anastasiae Dubovikoff, 2002: 918, figs. 1-3 (w.q.) RUSSIA (Krasnodar Territory).
- Type-material: holotype queen, 14 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens.
- Type-locality: holotype Russia: Krasnodar Territory, Dzhankhot, SE Gelendzhik, 8.vii.1956 (K. Arnol’di); paratypes: 3 workers, 3 queens with same data, 11 workers Krasnodar Territory, Markotkh Range, nr Kabardinka, 2.vii.1956 (K. Arnol’di).
- Type-depository: ZISP.
- Status as species: Seifert, 2012b: 102; Borowiec, L. 2014: 21.
- Distribution: Russia.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Body pale, yellowish fuscous. Metanotal depression shallow; propodeum weakly projecting over mesonotum. Recumbent abdominal pubescence dense; only posterior margins of abdominal segments with not numerous erect chaetae.
Head chaetae arranged along anterior margin of clypeus and one chaeta on margin of each antennal socket. Eyes on facial surface, separated from lateral head margin and entirely visible. CI = 9 1-93; SI = 88-90.
Queen
Body fuscous; abdomen darker, with dense recumbent pubescence. Legs and antennae paler. Head wide, short, somewhat narrowed downwards; occipital margin slightly concave. Erect hair only present on anterior margin of clypeus. Scapus with short semierect hairs, extending beyond occipital margin of head by no more than its maximum diameter. Declivous propodeal surface with long chaetae; long chaetae on metastemal lobes directed precisely backwards. Declivous surface of abdominal segment I with several short erect hairs. CI = 94-96 (94); SI = 85-89 (85).
Type Material
Holotype: Q, Russia, Krasnodar Territory, Dzhankhot, SE of Gelendzhik, pine forest, 8.VII .1956, K. Arnoldi (Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences). Paratypes: 3 Q, 3 W, labels as in holotype (ZIN); 11 W, Krasnodar Territory, Markotkh Range near Kabardinka, 2.VII.1956, K. Arnoldi (ZISP).
Etymology
The species is named for my daughter Anastasia.
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Dubovikoff, D.A. 2002. New species of the ant genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Caucasus. Entomol. Obozr. 81:918-922. (page 918, figs. 1-3 worker, queen described)
- Dubovikoff, D.A., Yusupov, Z.M. 2017. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Dubovikoff D. A., and Z. M. Yusupov. 2018. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.