Goniomma collingwoodi

Goniomma collingwoodi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Goniomma
Species:	G. collingwoodi
Binomial name
Goniomma collingwoodi Espadaler, 1997 Specimen Label

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 37.233333° to 36.73202509°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Iberian Peninsula, Spain (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

Images from AntWeb

Male (alate). Specimen code casent0101189. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Worker. Specimen code casent0101190. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Images from AntWeb

Male (alate). Specimen code casent0101189. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• collingwoodi. Goniomma collingwoodi Espadaler, 1997a: 152 (w.m.) SPAIN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 37 paratype workers, 7 paratype males.
  • Type-locality: holotype Spain: Almería, Sartenilla, 13.iv.1991 (X. Espadaler); paratypes: 3 workers with same data, 3 workers, 2 males with same data but 29.viii.1991, 25 workers, 5 males Almería, Cabo de Gata, 22.viii.1991 (X. Espadaler), 3 workers Almería, Cabo de Gata, El Pocico, 23.viii.1992 (X. Espadaler), 3 workers Almería, Turrillas, vi.1974 (C.A. Collingwood).
  • Type-depositories: XEPC (holotype); MCZC, MNHN, XEPC (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 80; Lebas, et al. 2016: 280.
  • Distribution: Spain.

References

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Catarineu, C., Barberá, G.G., Reyes-López, J.L. 2018. Zoogeography of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of southeastern Iberian Peninsula. Sociobiology 65, 383-396 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v65i3.2822).
• Espadaler, X. 1997b [1996]. Diagnosis preliminar de siete especies nuevas de hormigas de la Península Ibérica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zapateri Rev. Aragon. Entomol. 6: 151-153. (page 152, worker, male described)
• Jessen, K. 2020. New fossil ants of the subfamily Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Upper Oligocene of Enspel (Westerwald Mountains, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 100:1007–1045.  doi:10.1007/s12549-019-00406-2
• Tinaut, A., Ruano, F. 2021. Biogeography of Iberian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Diversity 13, 88. (doi:10.3390/d13020088).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Carpintero S., J. Reyes-Lopes, and G. M. Luque. 2011. Ant community structure under Retama sphaerocarpa shrubs in a semi-arid environment. Entomological Science 14: 147–153.
• Reyes-López J., S. Carpintero-Ortega, and E. Retamoza-Muñoz. 2010. Adiciones a la relación de especies de hormigas (Hym., Formicidae) del Parque Natural del Cabo de Gata- Níjar (Almería, España) Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 34: 67-76.
• Tinaut A. 2016. Ants of the Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Mountains Natural Park (Andalusia, Spain) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent., 40 (1-2): 125-159.
• Tinaut A., O. Mira, J. M. Vidal, and A. Aguirre-Segura. 2009. The ants of Cabo de Gata (Almería). Faunistics aspects (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent., 33 (1-2): 227-251.