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Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis
| Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Cephalotes |
| Species: | C. haemorrhoidalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis (Latreille, 1802) | |
This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 18.50983° to 18.50983°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Haiti (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.
- haemorrhoidalis. Formica haemorrhoidalis Latreille, 1802c: 276 (w.) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo (G. de Villeneuve).
- Type-depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
- Combination in Cryptocerus: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 172;
- combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus): Emery, 1915i: 192; Emery, 1924d: 307;
- combination in Cryptocerus (Hypocryptocerus): Wheeler, W.M. 1920: 53; Mann, 1920: 430;
- combination in Hypocryptocerus: Wheeler, W.M. 1936b: 200; Kempf, 1951: 146;
- combination in Zacryptocerus: Brandão, 1991: 384;
- combination in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 735.
- Status as species: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 172 (redescription); Smith, F. 1853: 223; Smith, F. 1858b: 192; Smith, F. 1862d: 411; Mayr, 1863: 406; Roger, 1863b: 39; Dalla Torre, 1893: 142; Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 128; Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914: 38; Emery, 1915i: 192 (footnote); Mann, 1920: 430; Emery, 1924d: 307; Menozzi & Russo, 1930: 162; Kempf, 1951: 146; Kempf, 1972a: 120; Brandão, 1991: 384; Bolton, 1995b: 426.
- Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Cephalotes: De Andrade & Baroni Urbani, 1999: 735; Lubertazzi, 2019: 105.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
De Andrade & Baroni Urbani (1999) - The original description of Latreille is too vague on one hand to be useful by present standards, but it contains, on the other hand, some details about the coloration of this species not fitting any of the species presently recognised from Hispaniola. It is easy to suppose, nonetheless, that if the type of this species still exists, its discovery may imply the synonymy of one of the species described in this paper under another name. Emery (1896) shows that the pigmentation process of callow individuals in Cephalotes is not uniform but follows different morphological patterns in different species. On the basis of this observation he suggests that C. haemorrhoidalis should be an immature of Cephalotes pusillus. This guess appears very unlikely (the record of pusillus closest to Hispaniola is Trinidad) but the same explanation of incomplete pigmentation may apply much better to any member of the hamulus clade. For the time being, any further guess on the true identity of haemorrhoidalis would be purely gratuitous.
References
- Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412 (page 384, Combination in Zacryptocerus)
- de Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde Series B (Geolgie and Palaontologie). 271:1-889.(page 735, Unidentifiable species, incertae sedis in Cephalotes)
- Emery, C. 1915l. La vita delle formiche. Torino: Fratelli Bocca, vii + 254 pp. (page 192, Combination in Cryptocerus (Paracryptocerus))
- Kempf, W. W. 1951. A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 22: 1-244 (page 146, see also)
- Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes. Paris: Impr. Crapelet (chez T. Barrois), xvi + 445 pp.
- Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, A. 1835 [1836]. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hyménoptères. Tome I. Paris: Roret, 547 pp. (page 172, Combination in Cryptocerus)
- Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 162(2), 59-210 (doi:10.3099/mcz-43.1).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1920. The subfamilies of Formicidae, and other taxonomic notes. Psyche (Camb.) 27: 46-55 (page 53, Combination in Cryptocerus (Hypocryptocerus))
- Wheeler, W. M. 1936c. Ants from Hispaniola and Mona Island. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 80: 195-211 (page 200, Combination in Hypocryptocerus)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
- Kempf W. W. 1951. A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 22:1-244
- Mann W. M. 1920. Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 42: 403-439.
- Menozzi C, Russo G. 1930. Contributo alla conoscenza della mirmecofauna della Repubblica Dominicana (Antille). Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici. 24: 148-173.
- Prado L. P., and C. R. F. Brandao. 2013. A Catalogue of Cephalotini ant types (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 53(20): 285-293.
- Wheeler W. M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21: 79-135.
- Wheeler W. M., and W. M. Mann. 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33: 1-61.