Ectomomyrmex striolatus

Ectomomyrmex striolatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Ectomomyrmex
Species:	E. striolatus
Binomial name
Ectomomyrmex striolatus (Donisthorpe, 1933) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.0744° to 30.2483°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (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.

• striolatus. Pachycondyla (Ectomomyrmex) striolata Donisthorpe, 1933b: 194 (w.) INDIA. [Misspelled as Ectomyrmex in original description.] Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 194.

Description

Worker

Donisthorpe (1933): Black, mandibles, antennae, edges of lobes of frontal carinæ, legs, posterior borders of segments of gaster, fifth segment, and sting red. Body clothed with short scattered hairs, which are longer and closer on the gaster. Head strongly and somewhat deeply longitudinally striate, the striae of the rather flat surface of the head and of the cheeks meeting behind the temples; mandibles shining, faintly longitudinally striate, with scattered punctures, and a row of punctures along the terminal borders; clypeus narrow, rounded at apex, slightly striate; frontal furrow deeper posteriorly; antenna thickened towards apex, the penultimate joints transverse, last joint about as long as the two preceding taken together. Thorax strongly striate, circularly on pronotum, longitudinally on dorsum and sides, and transversely on the declivity of the epinotum. Node of petiole smooth on upper surface, transversely striate on anterior surface, and more faintly so on posterior surface. Gaster smooth and shining, but under a high power very finely, closely, and shallowly studded with very small punctures. Legs covered with close decumbent pubescence.

Length: 7.3 mm

References

• Donisthorpe, H. 1933b. Descriptions of three new species of Formicidae, and a synonymical note. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(11): 194-198.
• 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).
• Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L., Yamane, S. 2023. Ponerine ants of Nepal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Ponerinae): a generic synopsis, new faunal records, and rediscovery of a rare ant, Emeryopone franzi (Baroni Urbani 1975). (doi:10.20362/am.016003).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Donisthorpe H. 1933. Descriptions of three new species of Formicidae, and a synonymical note. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)11: 194-198.
• Sukimin S., M. Mohamed, and H. Aris. 2010. Ant diversity of Maliau Basin Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 6:89-101.