Bothriomyrmex inquilinus

Bothriomyrmex inquilinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Bothriomyrmex
Species:	B. inquilinus
Binomial name
Bothriomyrmex inquilinus Santschi, 1919

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.966667° to 34.833333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Tunisia (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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• inquilinus. Bothriomyrmex inquilinus Santschi, 1919i: 209, pl. 2, figs. 14-16 (w.q.) TUNISIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • [Notes (i): Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 79, cites 15w, 1q syntypes NHMB; (ii) Shattuck, 1994: 32, cites 17w, 1q syntypes (2w MHNG, 15w, 1q NHMB).]
  • Type-locality: Tunisia: Le Kef, ca 800 m., v.1913 (F. Santschi).
  • Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
  • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1951: 190 (l.).
  • Subspecies of atlantis: Santschi, 1922a: 66; Shattuck, 1994: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 81.
  • Status as species: Cagniant, 1968a: 145; Cagniant, 1970c: 28; Seifert, 2012b: 101.
  • Distribution: Tunisia.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 81, catalogue)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Cagniant, H. 1970c. Deuxième liste de fourmis d'Algérie récoltées principalement en forêt. (Deuxième partie.) Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 106: 28-40.
• Santschi, F. 1919i. Fourmis du genre Bothriomyrmex Emery. (Systématique et moeurs.). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 7: 201-224 (page 209, pl. 2, figs. 14-16 worker, queen described)
• Santschi, F. 1922b. Quelques nouvelles variétés de fourmis paléarctiques. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 13: 66-68 (page 66, variety of atlantis)
• Seifert, B. 2012b. A review of the West Palaearctic species of the ant genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869. Myrmecological News 17: 91-104.
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1951. The ant larvae of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 53: 169-210 (page 190, larva described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Baroni Urbani C. 1977. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitt. Entomol. Ges. Basel (n.s.) 27: 61-102.
• Cagniant, H. 1968. Liste preliminaire de fourmis forestieres d'Algerie. Resultats obtenus de 1963 a 1964. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 104: 138-147
• Cagniant, H. Les peuplements de fourmis des forêts algériennes: écologie, biocénotique, essai biologique. Universite de Toulouse, 1973.
• Santschi, F. 1922. Quelques nouvelles varietes de fourmis palearctiques. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 13: 66-68.
• Santschi, F. "Fourmis du genre "Bothriomyrmex" Emery (Systematique et moeurs)." Revue zoologique Africaine 7(3) (1919): 201-224.
• Santschi, F. "Quelques nouvelles variétés de fourmis paléarctiques." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 13 (1922): 66-68.
• Seifert B. 2012. A review of the West Palearctic species of the ant genus Bothriomyrmex Emery 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 17: 91-104.
• Shattuck S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112: i-xix, 1-241.