Dorymyrmex goetschi

Dorymyrmex goetschi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Leptomyrmecini
Genus:	Dorymyrmex
Species:	D. goetschi
Binomial name
Dorymyrmex goetschi Goetsch, 1933 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -27.366389° to -32.56798°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Chile (type locality).

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.

• goetschi. Dorymyrmex goetschi Goetsch, 1933: 27, fig. 1, attributed to Menozzi (w.) CHILE (indication only). Menozzi, 1935c: 322 (w., full description). Combination in D. (Araucomyrmex): Menozzi, 1935c: 322; in Araucomyrmex: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 97; in Dorymyrmex: Shattuck, 1992c: 85. Subspecies of tener: Menozzi, 1935c: 322. Junior synonym of tener: Kusnezov, 1959: 370. Revived from synonymy and revived status as species: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 97.

References

• Goetsch, W. 1933a. Chilenische Wüsten-, Steppen- und Wald-Ameisen. Sitzungsber. Ges. Morph. Physiol. Münch. 42: 27-35 (page 27, fig. 1 worker described (indication only; attributed to Menozzi). )
• Kusnezov, N. 1960b [1959]. La fauna de hormigas en el oeste de la Patagonia y Tierra del Fuego. Acta Zool. Lilloana 17: 321-401 (page 370?, Junior synonym of tener)
• Menozzi, C. 1935c. Fauna Chilensis. II. (Nach Sammlungen von W. Goetsch). Le formiche del Cile. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere 67: 319-336 (page 322, worker described, Combination in D. (Araucomyrmex), Subspecies of tener)
• Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181 (page 85, Combination in Dorymyrmex)
• Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Chil. Entomol. 9: 63-129 (page 97, Combination in Araucomyrmex, Revived from synonymy and revived status as species)
• Torres-Contreras H. & R.A. Vasquez 2004. A field experiment on the influence of load transportation and patch distance on the locomotion velocity of Dorymyrmex goetschi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 51: 265-270.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Goetsch W. and C. Menozzi. 1935. Die Ameisen Chiles. Konowia 14: 94-102
• Goetsch, W., and C. Menozzi. "Die Ameisen Chiles." Konowia 14 (1935): 94-102.
• Medel R. G., and R. A. Vasquez. 1994. Comparative analysis of harvester ant assemblages of Argentinian and Chilean arid zones. Journal of Arid Anvironments 26: 363-371
• Menozzi C. 1935. Fauna Chilensis. II. (Nach Sammlungen von W. Goetsch). Le formiche del Cile. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere. 67: 319-336.
• Shattuck S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112: i-xix, 1-241.
• Snelling R. R., and J. H. Hunt. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Revista Chilena de Entomología 9: 63-129.