Goniomma kugleri

Goniomma kugleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Goniomma
Species:	G. kugleri
Binomial name
Goniomma kugleri Espadaler, 1986 Specimen labels

This Iberian species is known from a few southern Spanish and Portuguese localities (Espadaler, 1985; Boieiro, Espadaler, Azedo & Serrano, 2002) as well as Morocco (Taheri & Reyes-Lopez, 2023).

Distribution

Known from Portugal and Spain.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.527778° to 36.738056°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, Portugal, 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.

Biology

Regional Notes

Morocco

Moroccan collections were from an open area surrounding a peat bog and dominated by Cistus spp. along a border of a Quercus suber forest, and from a very degraded Quercus suber forest (Taheri & Reyes-Lopez, 2023).

Portugal

Boieiro et al. (2002) - A considerable number of specimens (29) were collected in a woodland near Ribeira de Terges (UTM - 29SPB1787). The area presented a thickest arbustive layer (dominated by Quercus coccifera, Cistus ladanifer, C. monspeliensis and Lavandula stoechas plants) with some trees (Quercus rotundifolia) interspersed. All specimens were captured in pitfall traps during the period that lasted between 21st October - 22nd December 1998.

A single specimen of this species was also trapped in an area of matorrals (sclerophyllous vegetation dominated by Quercus coccifera, Pistacia lentiscus, Lonicera etrusca, Genista sp, Coronilia sp, Cistus crispus and C. salvifolius), at the vicinities of Tesoureira (UTM - 29SMD8709). This specimen was captured by means of pitfall traps during the period of 1 st -11th June 2001.

This Iberian endemic ant species is known solely from a few southern Spanish localities (Espadler, 1985). The inconspicuousness of this seed-gather species is probably a result of its cryptic individual foraging strategy altogether with the small size of the workers.

Castes

Queen

Images from AntWeb

Paratype of Goniomma kugleri. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0178584. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Male

Images from AntWeb

Paratype of Goniomma kugleri. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0178585. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Nomenclature

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

• kugleri. Goniomma kugleri Espadaler, 1986a: 61, figs. 1-15 (w.q.m.) SPAIN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 25 paratype workers, 10 paratype queens, 10 paratype males.
  • Type-locality: holotype Spain: Córdoba, Castro y Picon, 13.ix.1982 (X. Espadaler); paratypes: 10 workers, 10 queens, 10 males with same data, 2 workers with same data but 5.x.1980 (A. Rodriguez), 2 workers Córdoba, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, 18.vi.1979 (A. Rodriguez), 3 workers Huelva, Coto de Donaña, iv.1976 (C.A. Collingwood), 2 workers with same data as last but 30.xi.1974 (X. Espadaler), 4 workers Granada, Embalse de Quentar, 3.xii.1978 (A. Tinaut), 2 workers Pontevedra, Nogueira, vii. 1979 (C.A. Collingwood).
  • Type-depositories: XEPC (holotype); MCZC, MHNG, MNHN, NHMB, UABC, XEPC (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 211; Borowiec, L. 2014: 81; Lebas, et al. 2016: 280.
  • Distribution: Spain.

References

• Boieiro, M., X. Espadaler, et al. (2002). "Four new species to the ant fauna of Portugal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." Bol. Soc. Port. Entomol. 202(VII-20): 254-259.
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
• Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
• 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. 1986a [1985]. Goniomma kugleri, a new granivorous ant from the Iberian Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Isr. J. Entomol. 19: 61-66 (page 61, figs. 1-15 worker, queen, male described)
• Taheri, A., Reyes-Lopez, J.L. 2023. New and additional records for the ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Morocco. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 25(1): 1-10 (doi:10.51963/jers.v25i1.1995).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Asociacion Iberica de Mirmecologia. 2011. List of species collected during the Taxomara Lisboa 2010. Iberomyrmex 3: 32-33.
• Boieiro, M. R. C., X. Espadaler, A. R. Azedo, and A. M. Serrano. "Four new species to the ant fauna of Portugal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia Vol VII-20 (2002): 253-259.
• 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., G. G. Barbera, and J. L. Reyes-Lopez. 2017. A new ant species, Temnothorax ansei sp. N. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the arid environments of South-eastern Spain. Sociobiology 64(2): 138-145.
• Espadaler, X.. "Les formigues granívores de la Mediterrània occidental." Treballs de la Institució Catalana d'Historia Natural 9 (1981): 39-44.
• Ortiz, F. J.. "Formícidos del litoral granadino." Memoria de Licenciatura Universida (1985): 206 pp.
• Sanchez-Gil Jimeno R., and J. L. Reyes-Lopez. 2016. Study of ants species of the Sierra de San Carlos del Valle (Ciudad Real) and updating the provincial check list (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent. 40 (1-2): 93-109.
• 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.. "Contribución al conocimiento de los formícidos del Parque Nacional de Doñana." Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 15 (1991): 57-63.
• Trigos Peral G., and J. L. Reyes-Lopez. 2015. New record of Temnothorax algiricus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Iberian Peninsula and ten additional new records for the ant fauna from Málaga, with preliminary list of species from Natural Park Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama (Andalusia, Spain). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent. 39 (3-4): 411-416.