Diacamma pallidum
Diacamma pallidum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Diacamma |
Species: | D. pallidum |
Binomial name | |
Diacamma pallidum (Smith, F., 1858) |
At a Glance | • Gamergate |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Singapore.
Oriental Region: Myanmar (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.
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
Worker. Specimen code casent0260418. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection. |
Holotype of Diacamma pallidum. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0902483. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pallidum. Ponera pallida Smith, F. 1858b: 85 (m.) MYANMAR. Combination in Leptogenys: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 474; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 308; in Diacamma: Doums, 1999: 1958.
The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):
Ponera pallida
Holotype male in The Natural History Museum. Labelled “Birmah. 57/16.” Acc. Reg.: “1857 no. 16 (Feb. 14). Birmah. Purchased from Stevens. Collected by Mrs Waring.”
Description
References
- Baer, B. 2011. The copulation biology of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 14: 55-68.
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 308, Combination in Pachycondyla)
- Cuvillier-Hot, V., Lenoir, A., Peeters, C. 2004. Reproductive monopoly enforced by sterile police workers in a queenless ant. Behavioral Ecology 15, 970–975 (doi:10.1093/beheco/arh072).
- Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476 (page 474, Combination in Leptogenys)
- Doums, C. 1999. Characterization of microsatellite loci in the queenless ponerine ant Diacamma cyaneiventre. Mol. Ecol. 13: 1957-1959 (page 1958, Combination in Diacamma)
- Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 85, male described)
- Viginier, B.; Peeters, C.; Brazier, L.; Doums, C. 2004. Very low genetic variability in the Indian queenless ant Diacamma indicum. Mol. Ecol. 13: 2095-2100 (page 2099, see also)
- Wang, W.Y., Soh, E.J.Y., Yong, G.W.J., Wong, M.K.L., Benoit Guénard, Economo, E.P., Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006 (doi:10.20362/am.015006).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.