Diacamma assamense
Diacamma assamense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Diacamma |
Species: | D. assamense |
Binomial name | |
Diacamma assamense Forel, 1897 |
At a Glance | • Gamergate |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 24.00408° to 13.727896°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India (type locality), Myanmar, Thailand.
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
Images from AntWeb
Syntype of Diacamma assamense. Worker. Specimen code casent0907216. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- assamense. Diacamma tritschleri r. assamensis Forel, in Emery, 1897b: 151 (footnote) (w.) INDIA. Raised to species: Forel, 1900d: 319; Bingham, 1903: 79; Emery, 1911d: 65.
Description
References
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 79, Raised to species)
- Emery, C. 1897h. Revisione del genere Diacamma Mayr. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (n.s.) 1: 147-167 (page 151, (footnote) worker described)
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 65, Raised to species)
- Forel, A. 1900f. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VII. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 303-332 (page 319, Raised to species)
- Phosrithong, N., Rattanachan, K. 2022. New record of Diacamma assamense Forel, 1897 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Thailand. Thai Specimens 2: 17–21.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Dad J. M., S. A. Akbar, H. Bharti, and A. A. Wachkoo. 2019. Community structure and ant species diversity across select sites ofWestern Ghats, India. Acta Ecologica Sinica 39: 219–228.
- Ghosh S. N., S. Sheela, B. G. Kundu, S. Roychowdhury, and R. N. Tiwari. 2006. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Pp. 369-398 in: Alfred, J. R. B. (ed.) 2006. Fauna of Arunachal Pradesh. (Part -2). [State Fauna Series 13.]. New Delhi: Zoological Survey of India, iv + 518 pp.
- Mathew R. 1984. Some new records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Tripura. Bull. Zool. Surv. India 6(1-3): 307-308.
- Tiwary R. N., D. K. Guha, and P. K. Maiti. 1977. New records of Ponerine ants from Arunachal Pradesh (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Newsl Zool Surv India 3(3): 49-50