Discothyrea bryanti

Discothyrea bryanti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Proceratiinae
Tribe:	Proceratiini
Genus:	Discothyrea
Species:	D. bryanti
Binomial name
Discothyrea bryanti (Wheeler, W.M., 1917)

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Oriental Discothyrea

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 1.383329988° to 0.566666667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Malaysia (type locality), Philippines, Singapore.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• bryanti. Prodiscothyrea bryanti Wheeler, W.M. 1917d: 29 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Malaysia: Penang I. (G.E. Bryant).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in Discothyrea: Brown, 1958g: 253.
  • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 77; Brown, 1958g: 253; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Xu, et al. 2014a: 34 (in key); Bharti, Akbar & Singh, 2015: 123 (in key).
  • Distribution: China (Hainan I.), Indonesia (Java), Malaysia (Peninsula).

Type Material

• Prodiscothyrea bryanti Wheeler, 1917: Holotype, worker, Penang, Malaysia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.

References

• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362. (page 253, Combination in Dischothyrea)

• 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).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1917d. A new Malayan ant of the genus Prodiscothyrea. Psyche (Camb.) 24: 29-30. (page 29, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362.
• CSIRO Collection
• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Wheeler W. M. 1917. A new Malayan ant of the genus Prodiscothyrea. Psyche (Cambridge) 24: 29-30.