Myrmecina modesta subarmata

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Myrmecina modesta subarmata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Myrmecina
Species: M. modesta
Subspecies: M. modesta subarmata
Trinomial name
Myrmecina modesta subarmata
Mann, 1919

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Syntype Specimen Label

Almost no information is available for this subspecies.

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -8.767611° to -9°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Solomon Islands (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Known only from the worker caste. No further information.

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • subarmata. Myrmecina modesta subsp. subarmata Mann, 1919: 337 (w.) SOLOMON IS.

Description

Worker. Length 2.50 - 2.75 mm.

Differing from Myrmecina modesta in having the propodeal spines much reduced in size, being less than half as long as the propodeal declivity, triangular in shape and not acute at apex.

MCZ Type 9,187.

References

63: 273-391  PDF