Diacamma timorense

Diacamma timorense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Diacamma
Species:	D. timorense
Binomial name
Diacamma timorense Emery, 1887 Specimen Labels

At a Glance

• Gamergate

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Timor-Leste.

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

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• timorense. Diacamma javanum r. timorense Emery, 1887b: 439 (w.) INDONESIA (Timor I.).
  • Subspecies of javanum: Dalla Torre, 1893: 29.
  • Subspecies of rugosum: Emery, 1897b: 158; Emery, 1897d: 551; Emery, 1911d: 67; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 59; Bolton, 1995b: 170.
  • Status as species: Zettel, et al. 2016: 147 (redescrition).

References

• 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 439, worker described)
• Emery, C. 1897h. Revisione del genere Diacamma Mayr. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (n.s.) 1: 147-167 (page 158, Subspecies of rugosum)
• Zettel, H., Pal, A. & Laciny, A. 2016. Taxonomic notes on the ant genus Diacamma Mayr, 1862, part 2. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ősterreichischer Entomologen 68: 129-168.