Ectomomyrmex lobocarenus

Ectomomyrmex lobocarenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Ectomomyrmex
Species:	E. lobocarenus
Binomial name
Ectomomyrmex lobocarenus (Xu, Z., 1995) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.90778° to 25.90778°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Vietnam.
Palaearctic Region: China (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.

Castes

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  Liu, C. et al. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains, Figure 117, Ectomomyrmex lobocarenus.

Nomenclature

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

• lobocarenus. Pachycondyla lobocarena Xu, 1995b: 109, figs. 15, 16 (w.) CHINA. [Also described as new by Xu, 1996: 213.] Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 193.

References

• 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).
• Xu, Z. 1995b [1994]. A taxonomic study of the genus Pachycondyla Smith in China (Hyminoptera [sic]: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Pp. 103-112 in: Xi, G., Liu, Z., Xu, S. (eds.) Entomological research. First issue. A collection of research papers commemorating 40 years of teaching by Professor Zheng Zhemin. [In Chinese.] Xi'an: Shaanxi Normal University Press, 239 pp. (page 109, figs. 15, 16 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Eguchi K., B. T. Viet, and S. Yamane. 2014. Generic Synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Part II—Cerapachyinae, Aenictinae, Dorylinae, Leptanillinae, Amblyoponinae, Ponerinae, Ectatomminae and Proceratiinae. Zootaxa 3860: 001-046.
• Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
• Xu Z. 1996. A taxonomic study of the ant genus Pachycondyla from China. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Zoological Research 17(3): 211-216.
• Zhang R., X. Zhou, Q. Tang, and S. Zhou. 2016. Morphometrics of thirteen species of the genus Pachycondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in China. Chinese Journal of Applied Entomology 53(5): 1130-1137.
• Zryanin V. A. 2011. An eco-faunistic review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In: Structure and functions of soil communities of a monsoon tropical forest (Cat Tien National Park, southern Vietnam) / A.V. Tiunov (Editor). – M.: KMK Scientific Press. 2011. 277 р.101-124.