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Ectomomyrmex simillimus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Ectomomyrmex |
| Species: | E. simillimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ectomomyrmex simillimus (Donisthorpe, 1949)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), New Guinea.
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. |
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Biology
Castes
   
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Images from AntWeb
   
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| Syntype of Bothroponera simillima. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code castype06964-02. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
  
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| Syntype of Bothroponera simillima. Worker. Specimen code castype06964-04. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
   
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| Syntype of Bothroponera simillima. Worker. Specimen code castype06964-05. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
  
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| Syntype of Bothroponera simillima. Worker. Specimen code castype06964-03. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- simillimus. Bothroponera simillima Donisthorpe, 1949b: 490 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
- Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Donisthorpe, 1949c: 746.
- Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Wilson, 1958d: 365.
- Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 309.
- Combination in Bothroponera: Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2.
- Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 194.
- Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1949c: 746; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 51; Wilson, 1958d: 365; Bolton, 1995b: 309.
The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):
Holotype queen (badly damaged) in The Natural History Museum. Labelled “simillima Smith,” and “C.G. Hope” (= Cape of Good Hope, South Africa).
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 309, combination in Pachycondyla)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1949b [1948]. A fifth instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12(1): 487-506 (page 490, worker, queen described)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1949c [1948]. A sixth instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12(1): 744-759 (page 746, Combination in Pachycondyla [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Pachycondyla simillima Smith](Bothroponera))
- Wilson, E. O. 1958g. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 303-371 (page 365, Combination in Ectomomyrmex)
- Emery, C. 1892f [1891]. Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886. Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 60: 553-574 (page 557, Junior synonym of tarsata)
- Mayr, G. 1886c. Notizen über die Formiciden-Sammlung des British Museum in London. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 36: 353-368 (page 358, Combination in Paltothyreus)
- 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).
- Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 105, pl. 7, fig. 17 queen described)
- Wilson, E. O. 1958g. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119:303-371.