Ectatomma permagnum

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Ectatomma permagnum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Ectatomma
Species: E. permagnum
Binomial name
Ectatomma permagnum
Forel, 1908

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Specimen labels

Synonyms
At a Glance • Facultatively polygynous  

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -0.1333° to -30.45°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (type locality), Paraguay.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Nomenclature

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

  • permagnum. Ectatomma opaciventre var. permagna Forel, 1908c: 342 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Brazil: São Paulo (Reh).
    • Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
    • Replacement name for Ectatomma opaciventre var. strigosum Emery, 1894c: 144. [Junior primary homonym of Ectatomma araneoides var. strigosum Emery, 1887b: 444.]
    • [Note: permagna junior synonym of strigosum Emery, 1894c: 144 (synonymy by Brown, 1958g: 209, 297); hence permagna first available replacement name (Bolton, 1995b: 187).]
    • Santschi, 1921g: 83 (q.); Almeida, 1986: 28 (m.).
    • Subspecies of strigosum: Forel, 1909a: 265; Forel, 1911c: 286; Emery, 1911d: 43; Forel, 1911c: 286; Luederwaldt, 1918: 34; Santschi, 1921g: 83; Borgmeier, 1923: 59.
    • Status as species: Santschi, 1921g: 83; Brown, 1958g: 208, 296; Kempf, 1962b: 4; Kempf, 1972a: 105; Kempf, 1975c: 343; Kugler, C. & Brown, 1982: 6 (in key); Almeida: 1986: 29; Almeida, 1987: 178; Brandão, 1991: 341; Bolton, 1995b: 187; Wild, 2007b: 26; Feitosa, 2015c: 97; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 10.
    • Senior synonym of aerea: Brown, 1958g: 209, 296; Kempf, 1972a: 105; Almeida, 1986: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 187.
    • Senior synonym of confusa: Brown, 1958g: 209, 296; Kempf, 1972a: 105; Almeida, 1986: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 187.
    • Senior synonym of regis: Kempf, 1975c: 343; Almeida, 1986: 29; Brandão, 1991: 342; Bolton, 1995b: 187.
    • Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay.
  • aerea. Ectatomma strigosum var. aerea Forel, 1912c: 32 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Campos (Sampaio).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Subspecies of strigosum: Borgmeier, 1923: 58.
    • Junior synonym of permagnum: Brown, 1958g: 209, 296; Kempf, 1972a: 105; Almeida, 1986: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 186.
  • confusa. Ectatomma strigosum var. confusa Forel, 1909a: 266 (w.) PARAGUAY, BRAZIL.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-localities: Paraguay: (no further data) (Balzan), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Subspecies of strigosum: Emery, 1911d: 43; Borgmeier, 1923: 58.
    • Junior synonym of permagnum: Brown, 1958g: 209, 296; Kempf, 1972a: 105; Almeida, 1986: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 186.
  • regis. Ectatomma regis Kusnezov, 1957b: 12 (w.) ARGENTINA (Salta, Tucumán).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: holotype Argentina: Salta Prov., Reserva Nacional Estancia El Rey, no. 8716 (N. Kusnezov); paratypes: Argentina: Tucumán Prov., valle del Río Sali, 40 km. N Tucumán, Ruta 9, km. 1335, no. 6185 (N. Kusnezov).
    • Type-depository: IMLT.
    • Status as species: Kempf, 1962b: 3; Kempf, 1972a: 105.
    • Junior synonym of permagnum: Kempf, 1975c: 343; Almeida, 1986: 29; Brandão, 1991: 342; Bolton, 1995b: 187.

Description

Karyotype

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  • n = 23, 2n = 46, karyotype = 20M+26A (Brazil) (Barros et al., 2008; Mariano et al., 2015).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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