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Cryptopone gilvatumida
| Cryptopone gilvatumida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Cryptopone |
| Species complex: | gilva |
| Species: | C. gilvatumida |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptopone gilvatumida Branstetter & Longino, 2022 | |
This species occurs in cloud forest habitats from 1400-2040 m elevation. Most specimens are from Winkler samples of sifted leaf litter and rotten wood. Three nests were found in and under rotting wood in a small cloud forest clearing near Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. The larvae have five pairs of dorsal doorknob-shaped tubercles, as described for Cryptopone gilva (Wheeler and Wheeler 1952). (Branstetter & Longino, 2022)
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Identification
Petiolar node less tapering than Cryptopone gilvagrande, dorsally more rounded than Cryptopone guatemalensis (Fig. 8B and C); HW > 0.62.
See comments under Cryptopone guatemalensis regarding the separation of C. guatemalensis and C. gilvatumida. Among the 3 COI barcodes for this species, the maximum intraspecific pairwise distance was 4%, and the smallest interspecific distance was 5%.
Branstetter & Longino (2022),Fig. 8. Petiolar nodes of workers in the Mesoamerican members of the C. gilva complex. All images are to same scale (scale bar = 0.1 mm). (A) C. gilvagrande (CASENT0614525), Guatemala. (B) C. gilvatumida (CASENT0641046), Puebla, 1400 m. (C) C. gilvatumida (CASENT0631951), Xalapa, Mexico, 1940 m. (D) C. guatemalensis (CASENT0641031), Puebla, 1400 m. E. C. guatemalensis (CASENT0640429), Sierra de Los Tuxtlas, 1130 m. F. C. guatemalensis (CASENT0642925), Sierra de Los Tuxtlas, 1580 m. (B) and (D) occurred together in the same Winkler sample, and sequencing placed them in different clades.
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Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 19.5° to 19.5°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Mexico (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
Phylogeny
| C. gilva complex |
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Based on Branstetter & Longino (2022).
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- gilvatumida. Cryptopone gilvatumida Branstetter & Longino, 2022: 16, figs. 8, 9, 11 (w.q.) MEXICO.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 8 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Mexico: Veracruz, 12 km. WSW Xalapa, 19.52307, -97.02789±20 m., 1940 m., 12.vii.2016, #9738, cloud forest, dead wood (J. Longino); paratypes: 2 workers with same data, 3 workers with same data but #9739.2, 3 workers with same data but #9740.
- Type-depositories: UNAM (holotype); CASC, IEXA, JTLC, MCZC, UCDC, USNM (paratypes).
- Distribution: Mexico.
Type Material
- Holotype worker: Mexico, Veracruz, 12km WSW Xalapa, 19.52307 -97.02789 ± 20 m, 1940 m, 12 July 2016, cloud forest clearing, nest in dead wood (J. Longino #9738) [UNAM, unique specimen identifier CASENT0631951].
- Paratypes: same data as holotype [1 worker, CAS, CASENT0644254; 1 worker, USNM, CASENT0644255]; same data except J. Longino #9739.2 [1 worker, MCZC, CASENT0644259; 1 worker, UCDC, CASENT0644260; 1 worker, IEXA, CASENT0644261; 1 worker, JTLC, CASENT0644262]; same data except J.Longino #9740 [3 workers, CAS, CASENT0644256, CASENT0644257, CASENT0644258].