Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki sumatrensis

Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki sumatrensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Ectomomyrmex
Species:	E. leeuwenhoeki
Subspecies:	E. leeuwenhoeki sumatrensis
Trinomial name
Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki sumatrensis (Forel, 1901)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

• sumatrensis. Pachycondyla (Ectomomyrmex) leeuwenhoeki var. sumatrensis Forel, 1901f: 347 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 193.

References

• Forel, A. 1901k. Nouvelles espèces de Ponerinae. (Avec un nouveau sous-genre et une espèce nouvelle d'Eciton). Rev. Suisse Zool. 9: 325-353 (page 347, worker described)
• Ito, F., Hashim, R., Gobin, R. 2021. Colony composition in the Oriental ectatommine ant, Gnamptogenys menadensis in Peninsular Malaysia. Asian Myrmecology 13, e013006 (doi:10.20362/am.013006).
• Ito, F., Ikeshita, Y., Gotoh, A. & Hashim, R. 2007. Reproduction by queens and gamergates in the Oriental ponerine ant Pachycondyla (= Ectomomyrmex) leeuwenhoeki var. sumatrensis Forel. Journal of Science and Technology in the Tropics 3, 65-68.
• Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).