Myopias kuehni
Myopias kuehni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Myopias |
Species: | M. kuehni |
Binomial name | |
Myopias kuehni (Forel, 1902) |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- kuehni. Trapeziopelta kuehni Forel, 1902b: 179 (q.) INDONESIA (Key I.).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Key Is (= Maluku, Kai Is) (Kühn).
- Type-depository: SMFM.
- [Misspelled as kueni by Emery, 1911d: 93, Chapman & Capco, 1951: 75.]
- Combination in Myopias: Bolton, 1995b: 269.
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 93; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 75; Bolton, 1995b: 269.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Kai).
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 269, Combination in Myopias)
- Forel, A. 1902b. Quatre notices myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 170-182 (page 179, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.