Myrmelachista rogeri manni

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Myrmelachista rogeri manni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Myrmelachistini
Genus: Myrmelachista
Species: M. rogeri
Subspecies: M. rogeri manni
Trinomial name
Myrmelachista rogeri manni
Wheeler, W.M., 1934

The types were colleced from a tree trunk.

Identification

Worker with nine antennal segments. See Longino's comments regarding Caribbean Myrmelachista.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Cuba (type locality), Greater Antilles.

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

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • manni. Myrmelachista rogeri var. manni Wheeler, W.M. 1934g: 190 (w.q.) CUBA.

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

Description

Type Material

Longino (2006) - Syntype workers: Cuba, Oriente, Saetia, workers on tree trunk (Mann) National Museum of Natural History (examined).

References