Ectatomma goninion
Ectatomma goninion | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Ectatomma |
Species: | E. goninion |
Binomial name | |
Ectatomma goninion Kugler, C. & Brown, 1982 |
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 5.26583° to -1.80444°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia (type locality), Ecuador.
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
Association with Other Organisms
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- This species is a host for the phorid fly Apocephalus catholicus (a parasite) (Brown et al., 2015) (injured).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- goninion. Ectatomma goninion Kugler, C. & Brown, 1982: 5, fig. 1 (w.q.) COLOMBIA, ECUADOR.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated), 2 paratype queens.
- Type-locality: holotype worker Colombia: Chaco Dept., along Rio Torito, 10 km. SW San Jose del Palmar, Finca Los Guaduales, 760 m. (C. Kugler); paratypes: workers, 1 queen with same data, 1 queen with same data but 800 m., 2.vi.1978 (C. Kugler), 1 worker Ecuador: Pichincha Prov., Tinalandia, 16 km. SE Santo Domingo de los Colorados (S. & J. Peck), 2 workers Ecuador: Pichincha Prov., Rio Palenque, University of Miami Research Station (G. Umphrey).
- Type-depositories: MCZC (holotype); BMNH, CUIC, MCZC, MNHN, MZSP, USNM (paratypes).
- Status as species: Brandão, 1991: 341; Fernández, 1991: 554 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 186; Arias-Penna, 2008b: 62; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 665; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 10.
- Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador.
Description
References
- Kugler, C.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1982. Revisionary and other studies on the ant genus Ectatomma, including the description of two new species. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 24: 1-8. (page 5, fig. 1 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Arias-Penna T. M. 2008. Subfamilia Ectatomminae. Pp. 53-107 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp.
- Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
- Fernández F., E. E. Palacio, W. P. Mackay, and E. S. MacKay. 1996. Introducción al estudio de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Colombia. Pp. 349-412 in: Andrade M. G., G. Amat García, and F. Fernández. (eds.) 1996. Insectos de Colombia. Estudios escogidos. Bogotá: Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 541 pp
- Fernández F., and T. M. Arias-Penna. 2008. Las hormigas cazadoras en la región Neotropical. Pp. 3-39 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp.
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Scott-Santos, C.P., F.A. Esteves, C.R.F. Brandao. 2008. Catalogue of "Poneromorph" ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 48(11):75-88.
- Valdes-Rodriguez S., P. Chacon de Ulloa, and I. Armbrecht. 2014. Soil ant species in Gorgona Island, Colombian Pacific. Rev. Biol. Trop. 62 (1): 265-276.