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Mayriella warchalowskii
| Mayriella warchalowskii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Mayriella |
| Species: | M. warchalowskii |
| Binomial name | |
| Mayriella warchalowskii Borowiec, 2007 | |
Nothing is known about the biology of Mayriella warchalowskii.
Identification
The new species can be easily separated from two other Oriental Mayriella by 1) the smooth, wide interspaces of foveae present on lateral and dorsal surfaces of promesonotum, and 2) different shape of petiole. In both Mayriella transfuga and Mayriella granulata promesonotal region is very heavily sculptured with foveae almost touching each other, and dorsal surface of petiole is meeting its anterior face at a sharp angle. M. warchalowskii can be considered somewhat similar to Mayriella sharpi but the new species lacks ventrally pointed eye characteristic of sharpi. Combination of large foveae with wide, shining interspaces on lateral surface of promesonotal region, relatively low and long petiole, and lack of long hairs on mesosomal dorsum allows quick separation from other species of the genus. (Borowiec 2007)
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 25.3° to 25.3°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (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. |
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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.
- warchalowskii. Mayriella warchalowskii Borowiec, M.L. 2007b: 774, figs. 1-3 (w.) INDIA (Meghalaya).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: India: Meghalaya, Khasi Hilla, Mawsynram, 25°18’N, 91°29’E, 800±100 m., 5-9.vi.2006 (P. Pacholátko).
- Type-depository: DBET.
- Status as species: Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 38.
- Distribution: India.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Sculpturing of antennal scrobe developed as transverse carinulation in front, turning into reticulum in posterior section; sculpturation on dorsal surface of mesosoma consisting of large, widely spaced foveae; interspaces between foveae on dorsum and lateral surface of mesosoma, as well as vertex wide and shining, but with fine rugoreticulum; similar rugoreticulum present also on, otherwise shining, dorsal and lateral surfaces of petiole and postpetiole; propodeal spines relatively long and thin; dorsal surface of petiole in lateral profile uniformly convex, without distinct dorsal and posterior faces and forming blunt angle with anterior face; anterior face of petiole in lateral view shallowly concave; in dorsal view, anterior and posterior regions of postpetiole are of the same width; body pilosity consisting of long, apically curved hairs present on dorsal surface of head, and short, appressed pubescence present on head, dorsal surface of mesosoma, postpetiole, gaster, and appendages.
Measurements of holotype worker: CI 1.02; HL 0.43; HTL 0.25; HW 0.44; ML 0.49; PW 0.28; SI 0.61; SL 0.27
Type Material
Holotype worker, bearing printed label “NE INDIA, Meghalaya, Khasi Hills, Mawsynram 25°18’N 91°29’E, 800±100m P. Pacholátko 5-9.vi.2006”, and red, printed label “HOLOTYPUS Mayriella warchalowskii des. M.L. Borowiec” (Deposited in the Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Zoological Institute, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland).
Etymology
This species is dedicated to a prominent specialist on Chrysomelid beetles, professor Andrzej Warchałowski, celebrating his 80th birthday.
References
- Borowiec, M.L. 2007c. A third species of Mayriella from the Oriental region. Genus. 18: *Dendup, K.C., Dorji, C., Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H., Pfeiffer, M. 2021. A preliminary checklist of ants from Bhutan. Asian Myrmecology 14, e014005 (doi:10.20362/am.014005).
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