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Manica shanyii
| Manica shanyii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmicini |
| Genus: | Manica |
| Species: | M. shanyii |
| Binomial name | |
| Manica shanyii He, Chen & Du, 2024 | |
The nest of Manica shanyii was discovered in the Gongga Mountain National Nature Reserve and Emei Mountain National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China. The sampled sites are positioned within a mixed coniferous broad-leaved forest, where the ants were found inhabiting dead wood on the forest floor covered with brown forest soil.
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Identification
Body brownish black. In full-face view, head longer than broad, with broadly rounded posterior corners; the anterior margin of clypeus narrowly rounded, without prominent botches medially; the antennal scapes slightly surpass the posterior corners of the head. In lateral view, the dorsum of propodeum roughly straight, with obtusely angular posterolateral corners. Petiole in lateral view slightly longer than high, with a slightly concave anterior margin and a dorsal outline more or less narrowly rounded; the subpetiolar process in lateral view acutely toothed anteroventrally. Similarly, the postpetiole in lateral view as broad as long, with a convex anterior margin and steep posterior margin; the sternite slightly convex, with rounded anteroinferior corners.
Manica shanyii can be easily distinguished from its congeners by the following characteristics: the entire dorsum of mesosoma exhibits transverse striation and punctae, and masticatory margin of mandibles only with seven teeth, comprising one large apical tooth, one secondary tooth, and followed by five smaller teeth.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Emei and Gongga Mountains in Sichuan, China.
He et al. (2024), Figure 1. Global map showing the type localities of †M. andrannae, M. bradleyi, M. hunteri, M. invidia, †M. iviei, M. parasitica, M. rubida, M. shanyii and M. yessensis (Source: Esri, Maxar, GeoEye, Earthstar geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community).
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Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 29.6° to 29.5°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: He et al. (2024)
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- shanyii. Manica shanyii He et al., 2024: 391, fig. 7 (w.) CHINA (Sichuan).
Type Material
- Holotype worker, China, Sichuan, Leshan City, Lei Dongping of Emei Mountain, 29.5252°N, 102.3320°E, 2900 m, 2. Aug. 2011, leg. Ruigang Yang, No. GXNU110273.
- Paratypes: 3 paratype workers, China, Sichuan, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Moxi Town, Hailuogou in the Gongga Mountain National Nature Reserve, 29.5845°N, 102.0289°E, 2740 m, 28. May. 2022, leg. Yanping Wu, No. GXNU220539.
Holotype worker and two paratype worker are deposited in the Insect Collection of Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi, China (GXNU), one paratype worker are deposited in Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (IZCAS).