Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis antiguensis
Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis antiguensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Attini |
Genus: | Mycetomoellerius |
Species: | M. jamaicensis |
Subspecies: | M. jamaicensis antiguensis |
Trinomial name | |
Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis antiguensis (Weber, 1938) |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 17.133333° to 17.133°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Lesser Antilles.
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
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- antiguensis. Trachymyrmex jamaicensis subsp. antiguensis Weber, 1938b: 196 (w.) ANTILLES.
- Combination in Mycetomoellerius: Solomon et al., 2019: 948.
- See also: Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007: 3.
Taxonomic Notes
Weber (1938) described T. jamaicensis antiguensis based on a “dozen” workers taken on Long Island, Antigua, British West Indies, in May 7, 1936, by Mr. H. E. Box, in “mound nest on ground.” Weber compared these specimens with “topotypes” of T. jamaicensis and “cotypes” of its subspecies. We examined two T. jamaicensis antiguensis “cotypes” (syntypes) deposited in the MZSP and noticed that both workers lack the main diagnostic feature of Trachymyrmex of the jamaicensis group, the posteriorly opened antennal scrobe. We believe that these specimens actually belong to a species of the Trachymyrmex urichi (Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007; Solomon et al., 2019).
Description
References
- Mayhé-Nunes, A.J., Brandão, C.R.F. 2007. Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 3: The Jamaicensis group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa. 1444:1-21 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1444.1.1).
- Solomon, S.E., Rabeling, C., Sosa-Calvo, J., Lopes, C.T., Rodrigues, A., Vasconcelos, H.L., Bacci Jr, M., Mueller, U.G., Schultz, T.R. 2019. The molecular phylogenetics of Trachymyrmex Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher-attine’ ant agriculture. Systematic Entomology 44: 939-956 (doi:10.1111/syen.12370).
- Weber, N. A. 1938b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part IV. Additional new forms. Part V. The Attini of Bolivia. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 9: 154-206 (page 196, worker described)
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