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Calyptomyrmex arnoldi
| Calyptomyrmex arnoldi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Calyptomyrmex |
| Species: | C. arnoldi |
| Binomial name | |
| Calyptomyrmex arnoldi (Forel, 1913)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -19.51667° to -20.16667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Zimbabwe (type locality), Zimbabwe (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- arnoldi. Dicroaspis arnoldi Forel, 1913a: 115 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo, 20.iv.1912, “under a stone with P. krugeri For.” (G. Arnold).
- Type-depositories: BMNH, MHNG.
- Combination in Calyptomyrmex: Arnold, 1917: 360.
- Status as species: Arnold, 1917: 360; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 887; Emery, 1924d: 225; Arnold, 1948: 220; Bolton, 1981a: 66 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 83.
- Distribution: Zimbabwe.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 271-402 (page 360, combination in Calyptomyrmex)
- Bolton, B. 1981a. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 42: 43-81 (page 66, see also)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 83, catalogue)
- Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 108-147 (page 115, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection