Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides

Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Myrmicaria
Species:	M. natalensis
Subspecies:	M. natalensis eumenoides
Trinomial name
Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides (Gerstäcker, 1859)

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -0.317° to -29.85°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Mozambique (type locality), Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe.

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.

Biology

Life History Traits

• Mean colony size: 20,000 (Levieux, 1983; Beckers et al., 1989)
• Foraging behaviour: mass recruiter (Levieux, 1983; Beckers et al., 1989)

Nomenclature

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

• eumenoides. Heptacondylus eumenoides Gerstäcker, 1859: 263 (q.) MOZAMBIQUE. [Also described as new by Gerstäcker, 1862: 514.] Forel, 1910e: 446 (w.); Santschi, 1914e: 34 (m.). Subspecies of fodica: Emery, 1893e: 219. Revived from synonymy: Dalla Torre, 1893: 155; Forel, 1894b: 83; Arnold, 1916: 263; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 812. Junior synonym of natalensis: Emery, 1922e: 123. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of natalensis: Santschi, 1925c: 145.

References

• Arnold, G. 1914. Nest-changing migrations of two species of ants. Proc. Trans. Rhod. Sci. Assoc. 13: 25-32.
• Arnold, G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 159-270 (page 263, Revived from synonymy)
• Beckers R., Goss, S., Deneubourg, J.L., Pasteels, J.M. 1989. Colony size, communication and ant foraging Strategy. Psyche 96: 239-256 (doi:10.1155/1989/94279).
• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 155, Revived from synonymy)
• Emery, C. 1893g. Formicides de l'Archipel Malais. Rev. Suisse Zool. 1: 187-229 (page 219, Subspecies of fodica)
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 123, Junior synonym of natalensis)
• Forel, A. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 9: 64-100 (page 83, Revived from synonymy)
• Forel, A. 1910f. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 421-458 (page 446, worker described)
• Gerstäcker, A. 1859. [Untitled. Introduced by: "Hr. Peters berichtete über sein Reisewerk, von dem die Insecten bis zum 64., die Botanik bis zum 34. Bogen gedruckt sind und theilte den Schluss der Diagnosen der von Hrn. Dr. Gerstäcker bearbeiteten Hymenopteren mit."]. Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1858: 261-264. (page 263, queen described)
• Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteb. K. Vetensk. Vitterh. Samh. Handl. 15: 1-44 (page 34, male described)
• Santschi, F. 1925c [1924]. Révision des Myrmicaria d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 64: 133-176 (page 145, Revived from synonymy as variety of natalensis)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 812, Revived from synonymy)