Diacamma pallidum

Diacamma pallidum
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) Specimen Labels

At a Glance

• Gamergate

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.

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.”

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.