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Calyptomyrmex piripilis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Calyptomyrmex |
| Species: | C. piripilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923
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| Synonyms | |
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| At a Glance | • Ergatoid queen |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -0.317° to -28.95°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality), Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.
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
Ergatoid queens described by Bolton (1981, p. 65)
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- piripilis. Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923e: 282 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Manyema, Niemba-Tengo (Gérard).
- Type-depository: MRAC.
- Bolton, 1981a: 65 (q.).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1981a: 65 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 83; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 208.
- Senior synonym of cataractae: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
- Senior synonym of litoralis: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
- Senior synonym of punctatus: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
- Distribution: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa, South Sudan, Zimbabwe.
- cataractae. Calyptomyrmex cataractae Arnold, 1926: 283 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls, rainforest, 30.viii.1917 (G. Arnold).
- Type-depository: SAMC.
- Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1973a: 35 (l.).
- Status as species: Arnold, 1948: 221.
- Junior synonym of piripilis: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
- litoralis. Calyptomyrmex cataractae subsp. litoralis Arnold, 1948: 221 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: 8 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: South Africa: Natal, Zululand, Richards Bay, ii.1946 (J.C. Faure).
- Type-depository: SAMC.
- Junior synonym of piripilis: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
- punctatus. Calyptomyrmex (Calyptomyrmex) punctatus Weber, 1952a: 24, figs. 19, 21, 23 (w.) KENYA.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Kenya: 1°25’S, 35°10’W [sic] to 1°38’S, 35°17’E, 4.ii.1948, no. 2039 (N.A. Weber).
- Type-depository: AMNH.
- Junior synonym of piripilis: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
Description
References
- 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 65, queen described)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 83, catalogue)
- Santschi, F. 1923e. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 11: 259-295 (page 282, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Arnold G. 1948. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 8. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2: 213-250.
- Bolton B. 1981. 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.
- CSIRO Collection
- Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
- Hita Garcia, F., G. Fischer, M.K. Peters, R.R. Snelling and H.W. Wagele. 2009. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Kakamega Forest (Kenya). Journal of East African Natural HIstory 98(2): 147-165.
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Ross S. R. P. J., F. Hita Garcia, G. Fischer, and M. K. Peters. 2018. Selective logging intensity in an East African rain forest predicts reductions in ant diversity. Biotropica 1-11.
- Weber N. A. 1952. Studies on African Myrmicinae, I (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1548: 1-32.