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Discothyrea stumperi
| Discothyrea stumperi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Proceratiinae |
| Tribe: | Proceratiini |
| Genus: | Discothyrea |
| Species: | D. stumperi |
| Binomial name | |
| Discothyrea stumperi Baroni Urbani, 1977
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Bhutan (type locality), India.
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.
- stumperi. Discothyrea stumperi Baroni Urbani, 1977f: 97, figs. 1, 2 (w.) BHUTAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Bhutan: Kharbandi Forest, nr Phuntholing, 400 m. (C. Baroni Urbani).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 172; Xu, et al. 2014a: 35 (in key); Bharti, Akbar & Singh, 2015: 124 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 53.
- Distribution: Bhutan, India.
Description
References
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1977f. Discothyrea Stumperi n. sp. du Bhoutan, premier représentant du genre dans le Subcontinent Indien (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arch. Inst. Grand-Ducal Luxemb. (n.s.) 37: 97-101. (page 97, figs. 1, 2 worker described)
- De Andrade, M. L. 1998c. First fossil records of the ant genus Discothyrea in Dominican and Mexican amber (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Fragm. Entomol. 30: 201-214 (see also)
- Dendup, K.C., Dorji, C., Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H., Pfeiffer, M. 2021. A preliminary checklist of ants from Bhutan. Asian Myrmecology 14, e014005 (doi:10.20362/am.014005).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Baroni Urbani C. 1977. Discothyrea Stumperi n. sp. du Bhoutan, premier représentant du genre dans le Subcontinent Indien (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Archives. Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg (n.s.)37: 97-101.