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Echinopla arfaki
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Echinopla |
| Species group: | serrata |
| Species: | E. arfaki |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinopla arfaki Donisthorpe, 1943
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Identification
A member of the Echinopla serrata group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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. |
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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
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- rugosa. Echinopla rugosa Stitz, 1938: 110, fig. 8 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior primary homonym of rugosa André, above.] Replacement name: arfaki Donisthorpe, 1943a: 176.
- arfaki. Echinopla arfaki Donisthorpe, 1943a: 176. Replacement name for rugosa Stitz, 1938: 110. [Junior primary homonym of rugosa André, 1892b: 47.] Senior synonym of corrugata Donisthorpe, 1943e: 116 (unnecessary (second) replacement name for rugosa Stitz): Bolton, 1995b: 183.
- corrugata. Echinopla corrugata Donisthorpe, 1943e: 116. Unnecessary (second) replacement name for rugosa Stitz, 1938: 110. Junior synonym of arfaki (first available replacement name): Bolton, 1995b: 183.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 183, (unnecessary (second) replacement name for rugosa Stitz): )
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943a. Descriptions of new ants, chiefly from Waigeu Island, N. Dutch New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 167-176. (page 176, Replacement name for rugosa)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943f. Myrmecological gleanings. Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 12: 115-116 (page 116, Senior synonym of corrugata)
- Stitz, H. 1938. Neue Ameisen aus dem indo-malayischen Gebiet. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1938: 99-122 (page 110, [Junior primary homonym of rugosa André, 1892b: 47.])
- Zettel, H. & Laciny, A. 2017. Further additions to the taxonomy and distribution of the ant genus Echinopla. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B, 119: 7-16.
- Xu, Z.-H. & Zhou, X. 2015. Species grouping and key to known species of the ant genus Echinopla Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with reports of Chinese species. Asian Myrmecology, 7, 19-36.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Donisthorpe H. 1943. Myrmecological gleanings. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B 12: 115-116.
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.