Dacetinops solivagus
Dacetinops solivagus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Dacetinops |
Species: | D. solivagus |
Binomial name | |
Dacetinops solivagus Taylor, 1985 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- solivagus. Dacetinops solivagus Taylor, 1985: 63, figs. 28-30 (w.q.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak, Sabah).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen.
- Type-locality: holotype Malaysia: Sarawak, 1st Division, Semengo Forest Reserve, ca 19 km. SW Kuching (1°33’N, 110°20’E, ca 2 km. S of 10th mile Bazaar on Kuching-Penrissen Road), 2.vii.1968, acc. 68.779, 22.vi.1968, acc. 68.260, 30.vi.1968, acc. 68.778, berlesates, rainforest leaf mould (R.W. Taylor); paratypes: 1 worker, 1 queen with same data, 1 worker Sabah, Quoin Hill Research Station, nr Tawau (4°16’N, 117°54’E), 19.vi.1968, acc.68.619 (R.W. Taylor).
- Type-depository: ANIC.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 168; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 46.
- Distribution: Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak).
Description
References
- Taylor, R. W. 1985. The ants of the Papuasian genus Dacetinops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Pp. 41-67 in: Ball, G. E. (ed.) Taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography of beetles and ants: a volume dedicated to the memory of Philip Jackson Darlington (page 63, figs. 28-30 worker, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58