Dolichoderus patens pubiventris

Dolichoderus patens pubiventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Dolichoderini
Genus:	Dolichoderus
Species:	D. patens
Subspecies:	D. patens pubiventris
Trinomial name
	Dolichoderus patens pubiventris; Emery, 1900

Dill (2002) - For “var. karawaiewi” auct. In Java: Forel 1901: 303 [carton nest]; Karawajew 1926: 428 [carton nests on leaves], 1928: 308 [multi-chambered, irregular carton nests (fragile carton material) on undersurface of leaves (figs1+2, pl. 1)]; Franz 1975b: 265 [nests in ground].

Identification

Dill (2002) - A member of the Dolichoderus sulcaticeps species group. Emery’s definition of his ssp. pubiventris is based on the black colour, the matt gaster surface and the dense pubescence. However, there are series that are intermediate regarding these characters between pubiventris and typical patens (e.g. material from Peninsular Malaysia, Ulu Gombak, in MDC). Particularly in its coloration, patens pubiventris strongly resembles Dolichoderus crawleyi from Singapore. Dolichoderus patens, patens pubiventris, Dolichoderus siggii, and crawleyi form a complex of morphological very similar or clinal forms, which possible are junior synonyms of patens.

Distribution

Dill (2002) - Philippines. Sumatra: Mentawei Islands: Java.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -2.183333° to -2.183333°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

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

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

pubiventris. Dolichoderus patens subsp. pubiventris Emery, 1900d: 694 (w.) INDONESIA (Mentawei I.). Combination in D. (Hypoclinea): Emery, 1913a: 14.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Type Material

Dill (2002) - Workers, Sumatra: Mentawei: Sipora: Sereinu (E. Modigliani) (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa). Syntypes.

References

Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 262, listed)
Dill, M. 2002. Taxonomy of the migrating herdsman species of the genus Dolichoderus Lund, 1831, with remarks on the systematics of other Southeast-Asian Dolichoderus. Pp. 17-113 in: Dill, M., Williams, D. J. and U. Maschwitz. 2002. Herdsmen ants and their mealybug partners. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main. 557:1-373. *Emery, C. 1900d. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 40[=(2(20): 689-720 (page 694, worker described)
Emery, C. 1913a [1912]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50 (page 14, Combination in D. (Hypoclinea))