Diacamma rugosum sculptum
Diacamma rugosum sculptum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Diacamma |
Species: | D. rugosum |
Subspecies: | D. rugosum sculptum |
Trinomial name | |
Diacamma rugosum sculptum (Jerdon, 1851) |
At a Glance | • Gamergate |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 23.5° to 22.675°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India (type locality), Sri Lanka.
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- sculptum. Ponera sculpta Jerdon, 1851: 117 (w.) INDIA. Combination in Diacamma: Mayr, 1863: 407. Junior synonym of rugosum: Roger, 1863b: 16; Mayr, 1863: 407; Mayr, 1865: 65; of vagans: Emery, 1887b: 440. Revived from synonymy: Dalla Torre, 1893: 29. Subspecies of rugosum: Emery, 1897b: 156. Revived status as species Bingham, 1903: 80. Subspecies of rugosum: Wheeler, W.M. 1909d: 334. Provisional synonym of jerdoni: Emery, 1911d: 66 [Emery gives jerdoni as the senior name but if the synonymy is correct then sculptum has priority.] Currently subspecies of rugosum: Bolton, 1995b: 170.
Description
References
- Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 243, listed)
- 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 80, Revived status as species)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 170, Subspecies of rugosum)
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 29, Revived from synonymy)
- Emery, C. 1887f. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine). [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 25[=(2)(5): 433-448 (page 440, Junior synonym of vagans)
- Emery, C. 1897h. Revisione del genere Diacamma Mayr. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (n.s.) 1: 147-167 (page 156, Subspecies of rugosum)
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 66, Provisional synonym of jerdoni)
- Jerdon, T. C. 1851. A catalogue of the species of ants found in Southern India. Madras J. Lit. Sci. 17: 103-127 (page 117, worker described)
- Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 385-460 (page 407, Combination in Diacamma)
- Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 385-460 (page 407, Junior synonym of rugosum)
- Mayr, G. 1865. Formicidae. In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. II. Abt. 1. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn, 119 pp. (page 65, Junior synonym of rugosum)
- Mukherjee, A., Roy, U.S. 2021. Role of physicochemical parameters on diversity and abundance of ground–dwelling, diurnal ant species of Durgapur Government College Campus, West Bengal, India. Munis Entomology and Zoology Journal 16(1): 366-380.
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 16, Junior synonym of rugosum)
- Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L. 2020. An updated checklist of Nepalese ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1006, 99–136 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1006.58808).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1909d. Ants of Formosa and the Philippines. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 26: 333-345 (page 334, Subspecies of rugosum)