Kartidris matertera

Kartidris matertera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Kartidris
Species:	K. matertera
Binomial name
Kartidris matertera Bolton, 1991 Specimen labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Thailand (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

Worker. Specimen code casent0101965. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Paratype of Kartidris matertera. Worker. Specimen code casent0178537. 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.

• matertera. Kartidris matertera Bolton, 1991: 13, fig. 21 (w.) THAILAND.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 29 paratype workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Thailand: Nong Hoi, 2.viii.1975 (D. Jackson); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: BMNH (holotype); BMNH, MCZC, MHNG (paratypes)..
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 219; Xu, 1999: 134 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 44.
  • Distribution: China, Thailand.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Holotype. TL 3.8, HL 0.86, HW 0.75, CI 87, SL 0.80, SI 107, PW 0.54, AL 1.10. Maximum diameter of eye 0.19 (0.25 x HW). Answering to description given for Kartidris nyos but contrasting as follows.

(i) Eyes with only sparse minute curved hairs arising between the facets.

(ii) Dorsal outline of propodeum rising to a distinct peak immediately behind the metanotal groove.

(iii) Pilosity sparse on all dorsal surfaces, many or most hairs on the first gastral tergite subdecumbent to decumbent.

Paratype. TL 3.8-4.0, HL 0.84-0.90, HW 0.73-0.78, CI 87-89, SL 0.80-0.86, SI 107-111, PW 0.52-0.55, AL 1.00-1.15. Maximum diameter of eye 0.18-0.20 (0.25-0.26 x HW) (10 measured). As holotype.

Type Material

Holotype worker, Thailand: Nong Hoi, 2.viii.1975 (D. Jackson) (The Natural History Museum). Paratypes, 29 workers with same data as holotype (The Natural History Museum; Museum of Comparative Zoology; Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève).

References

• Bolton, B. 1991. New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 1-13. (page 13, fig. 21 worker described)
• Khachonpisitsak, S., Yamane, S., Sriwichai, P., Jaitrong, W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998, 1–182 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.998.54902).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bolton B. 1991. New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 16:1-13.