Echinopla striata

Echinopla striata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Echinopla
Species group:	striata
Species:	E. striata
Binomial name
Echinopla striata Smith, F., 1857 Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Echinopla striata aciculata Smith, F., 1858 Echinopla striata gibbosa Karavaiev, 1927 Echinopla striata goramensis Emery, 1887

Identification

A member of the Echinopla striata species group.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Echinopla species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 2.547988° to -5.133333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia (type locality), Philippines.
Palaearctic Region: China.

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.

Castes

Worker

Figures 69-73. Chinese worker of Echinopla striata: (69) Body in lateral view, (70) Body in dorsal view, (71) Head in full-face view, (72) Mandible in dorsal view, (73) Petiole in posterior view.

Images from AntWeb

Male (alate). Specimen code casent0903473. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

• striata. Echinopla striata Smith, F. 1857a: 80 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA. Donisthorpe, 1942e: 709 (q.). Current subspecies: nominal plus aciculata, gibbosa, goramensis.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

One syntype worker in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “21 MAL.” and with a Donisthorpe type-label. Second syntype not found (Smith states, “I have seen only two individuals.”), but Oxford University Museum of Natural History also has Smith coll. specimens from “Tond.”, “Sum.”, “Mak.” and “Cer.” (Tondano and Makassar in Sulawesi, Sumatra and Seram I.).

References

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References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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