Myrmica hamulata
Myrmica hamulata | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Myrmicini |
Genus: | Myrmica |
Species: | M. hamulata |
Binomial name | |
Myrmica hamulata Weber, 1939 |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 39.021659° to 31.433333°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
Association with Other Organisms
Explore: Show all Associate data or Search these data. See also a list of all data tables or learn how data is managed.
This species is a xenobiont for the ant Lasius latipes (a xenobiont).
Castes
Images from AntWeb
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Worker. Specimen code casent0104834. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by UCDC, Davis, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- hamulata. Myrmica sabuleti subsp. hamulata Weber, 1939b: 146 (w.q.m.) U.S.A.
- Subspecies of sabuleti: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 790.
- Status as species: Weber, 1948a: 293 (redescription); Creighton, 1950a: 99; Cole, 1953d: 243; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1349; Allred, 1982: 491; Bolton, 1995b: 279; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 160.
Description
References
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 99, Raised to species)
- Weber, N. A. 1939b. Description of new North American species and subspecies of Myrmica Latreille (Hym.: Formicidae). Lloydia 2: 144-152 (page 146, Myrmica sabuleti subsp. hamulata; worker, queen, male described.)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Allred D. M. 1982. Ants of Utah. The Great Basin Naturalist 42: 415-511.
- Allred, D.M. 1982. The ants of Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 42:415-511.
- Gregg, R.T. 1963. The Ants of Colorado.
- Mackay W. P., and E. E. Mackay. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp.
- Mackay, W., D. Lowrie, A. Fisher, E. Mackay, F. Barnes and D. Lowrie. 1988. The ants of Los Alamos County, New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). pages 79-131 in J.C. Trager, editor, Advances in Myrmecololgy.
- Yensen, N.P., W.H. Clark and A. Francoeur. 1977. A checklist of Idaho Ants. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187