Myrmicaria carinata

Myrmicaria carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Myrmicaria
Species:	M. carinata
Binomial name
Myrmicaria carinata (Smith, F., 1857) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Myrmicaria carinata gagatina Wheeler, W.M., 1919 Myrmicaria carinata jacobsoni Stärcke, 1938
Synonyms
Physatta dromedarius Smith, F., 1857

Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in a pitfall trap within a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.083333° to 2.547988°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia.
Oriental Region: India.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0217893. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Specimen code casent0901427. .

Holotype of Physatta dromedarius. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0901429. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.

Nomenclature

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

• carinata. Heptacondylus carinatus Smith, F. 1857a: 73 (w.) BORNEO. Mayr, 1867a: 112 (q.); Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 69 (m.). Combination in Myrmicaria: Mayr, 1867a: 111. Subspecies of fodica: Emery, 1893e: 219. Revived status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 155; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 69. Subspecies of brunnea: Santschi, 1925c: 176 (in key). Revived status as species: Stärcke: 1938: xxxv. Senior synonym of dromedarius: Emery, 1893e: 219; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 69. Current subspecies: nominal plus gagatina, jacobsoni.
• dromedarius. Physatta dromedarius Smith, F. 1857a: 78, pl. 1, figs. 15-19 (q.) BORNEO. Combination in Heptacondylus: Mayr, 1862: 757; in Myrmicaria: Mayr, 1867a: 112. Junior synonym of subcarinata: Mayr, 1867a: 112; of carinata: Emery, 1893e: 219. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of subcarinata: Forel, 1913k: 74. Junior synonym of carinata: Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 69.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Heptacondylus carinatus

Holotype worker in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “SAR.” Head of holotype is missing.

Physatta dromedarius

Holotype queen in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “SAR.” Waist segments and gaster missing.

References

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• Emery, C. 1893g. Formicides de l'Archipel Malais. Rev. Suisse Zool. 1: 187-229 (page 219, Senior synonym of dromedarius)
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1919f. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63: 43-147 (page 69, Senior synonym of dromedarius)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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