Labidus curvipes

Labidus curvipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Labidus
Species:	L. curvipes
Binomial name
Labidus curvipes (Emery, 1900) Specimen Labels

By a process of elimination and geographic correspondence, Labidus curvipes, a species known only from males, must be the male of Labidus spininodis (Jack Longino).

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 10.99261° to 8.6791°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (type locality), Ecuador.

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

Syntype of Labidus curvipes. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0903723. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Male (alate). Specimen code inb0003240567. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.

Nomenclature

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

• curvipes. Eciton curvipes Emery, 1900a: 180 (m.) COSTA RICA.
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: Costa Rica: Chirripó, v.1896, Anastasio Alfaro (A. Brade).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in E. (Labidus): Emery, 1910b: 23;
  • combination in Labidus: Borgmeier, 1953: 6.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1910b: 23; Forel, 1912c: 43; Borgmeier, 1955: 133 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 127; Watkins, 1976: 8 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 219; Palacio, 1999: 154 (in key); Palacio, 2019: 607.
  • Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador.

References

• Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 6, Combination in Labidus)
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 133, see also)
• Emery, C. 1900e. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)8:173-188 (page 180, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
• Emery C. 1900. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)8: 173-188
• Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
• Forel A. 1912. Formicides néotropiques. Part I. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 56: 28-49.
• INBio Collection (via Gbif)
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
• Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp