Myrmecina butteli

Myrmecina butteli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Myrmecina
Species:	M. butteli
Binomial name
Myrmecina butteli Forel, 1913 Specimen Labels

Know from few collections, one of which was from an alluvial forest.

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Myrmecina from Sundaland
• Key to Myrmecina of Southeast Asia
• Key to Myrmecina of Sumatra

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.

Nomenclature

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

• butteli. Myrmecina butteli Forel, 1913k: 71, fig. U (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Okido, Ogata, and Hosoishi (2020) - description based on Forel (1913). Mandible smooth and shining. Masticatory margin of mandible with 6-7 teeth. Anterior margin of clypeus slightly concave. Mid point of head length as long as broad. Sides of head convex strongly. Occipital margin slightly concave. Eyes small and much convex. Antennal scape reaching occipital margin. Mesosoma convex strongly without suture. Anterodorsal portion of pronotum marginated. Propodeal spine triangular, slightly longer than broad at base. Petiole slightly longer than broad. Postpetiole slightly broader than length, and slightly broader than petiole. Head with thick and diverging rugae. Mesosoma with thick rugae. Constricted anterior portion of pronotum with transverse rugae posteriorly. Petiole with longitudinal rugae. Body black, mandibles, antennal scapes, femora and tibiae brown, funiculus, and tarsi reddish brown.

Type Material

Okido, Ogata, and Hosoishi (2020) - Syntype worker, INDONESIA: Tandjong Slamat, Sumatra (Buttel-Reepen?) (depository unknown) [not seen].

References

• Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 36: 1-148 (page 71, figure U; worker described)
• Okido, H., Ogata, K., Hosoishsi, S. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmecina in Southeast Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Kyushu University Museum. 7:1-108.
• Satria, R., Eguchi, K. 2022. A new species of the genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Sumatra. Far Eastern Entomologist, 463, 1–7 (doi:10.25221/fee.463.1).
• Schifani, E., Scupola, A., Alicata, A. 2020. Morphology, ecology and biogeography of Myrmecina sicula André, 1882, rediscovered after 140 years (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography 35, 105–116 (doi:10.21426/b635048444).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
• Forel A. 1913k. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148.
• Okido H. 2011. Biogeography of the ant genus Myrmecina from Asia (Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Kankyo Kanri 40: 60-64.
• Satria R., and S. Yamane. 2019. Two new species of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Sumatra. Zoosystematica Rossica 28: 183–193.