Myopias trumani

Myopias trumani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Myopias
Species:	M. trumani
Binomial name
Myopias trumani (Donisthorpe, 1949) Specimen labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Myopias workers

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -3.324166667° to -3.324166667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia, New Guinea (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.

Nomenclature

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

• trumani. Pseudoponera trumani Donisthorpe, 1949g: 406, fig. 1 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Maffin Bay, 1.vii.1944 (E.S. Ross).
  • Type-depository: CASC.
  • Combination in Myopias: Bolton, 1995b: 270.
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 270; Probst, Guénard & Boudinot, 2015: 204 (in key).
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 270, Combination in Myopias)
• Donisthorpe, H. 1949h. A seventh instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12(2): 401-422 (page 406, fig. 1 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Donisthorpe H. 1949. A seventh instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)2: 401-422.
• Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
• Snelling R. R. 2000. Ants of the Wapoga river area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. In Mack, Andrew L. and Leeanne E. Alonso (eds.). 2000. A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 14, Conservation International, Washington, DC.