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Neivamyrmex adnepos
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Neivamyrmex |
| Species: | N. adnepos |
| Binomial name | |
| Neivamyrmex adnepos (Wheeler, W.M., 1922)
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This species is only known from queens and/or workers and has yet to be associated with males.
Identification
Posterior face of propodeum concave medially, with prominent lateral carinae; apex of scape nearer eye level than upper head margin; eye indistinct or absent, and without distinct convex cornea.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 19.3° to -64.23°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago (type locality).
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. |
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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
Jack Longino: This species inhabits lowland wet forest on the Atlantic slope. I know it from two collections: at Tortuguero I found a tight column running just under the leaf litter at night; at Hitoy Cerere Biological Reserve I found workers in a rotten log.
Association with Other Organisms
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- This species is a host for the phorid fly Pseudacteon browni (a parasitoid) (Quevillon, 2018) (encounter mode primary; direct transmission; transmission outside nest).
Castes
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0619175. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by JTLC. |
   
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| Syntype of Eciton marginatum. Worker. Specimen code casent0905726. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- adnepos. Eciton (Acamatus) adnepos Wheeler, W.M. 1922c: 2 (w.) TRINIDAD.
- Type-material: 15 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Trinidad: Port of Spain, Botanical Garden, vii.1920 (W.M. Wheeler).
- Type-depositories: AMNH, MCZC, MZSP.
- Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 18.
- Status as species: Borgmeier, 1955: 562 (redescription); Kempf, 1968b: 372; Kempf, 1972a: 153; Watkins, 1976: 13 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 287; Palacio, 1999: 157 (in key); Palacio, 2019: 615.
- Senior synonym of marginatum: Borgmeier, 1953: 5; Borgmeier, 1955: 562; Kempf, 1972a: 153; Bolton, 1995b: 287.
- Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Trinidad.
- marginatum. Eciton (Acamatus) marginatum Borgmeier, 1939: 414 (w.) COSTA RICA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”).
- Type-locality: Costa Rica: Santa Clara Prov., Hamburgfarm, 30.viii.1936 (F. Nevermann).
- Type-depository: MZSP.
- Combination in E. (Neivamyrmex): Borgmeier, 1948a: 198.
- Status as species: Borgmeier, 1948a: 198.
- Junior synonym of adnepos: Borgmeier, 1953: 5; Borgmeier, 1955: 562; Kempf, 1972a: 153; Bolton, 1995b: 290.
Description
References
- Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
- Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 18, Combination in Neivamyrmex)
- Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 5, Senior synonym of marginatum)
- Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 562, see also)
- Borowiec, M.L. 2019. Convergent evolution of the army ant syndrome and congruence in big-data phylogenetics. Systematic Biology 68, 642–656 (doi:10.1093/sysbio/syy088).
- Wetterer, J.K. 2021. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of St. Vincent, West Indies. Sociobiology 68, e6725 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v68i2.6725).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922e. The ants of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 45: 1-16 (page 2, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Alatorre-Bracamontes C. E., M. Vasquez-Bolanos, G. Castano-Meneses, and J. L. Navarrete-Heredia. 2015. La subfamilia Dorylinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en la Colección Entomológica, Sección Formicidae, del Centro de Estudios en Zoología, Universidad de Guadalajara (CZUG) (pp. 40-51). En: Castaño Meneses G., M. Vásquez-Bolaños, J. L. Navarrete-Heredia, G. A. Quiroz-Rocha e I. Alcalá-Martínez (Coords.). Avances de Formicidae de México. UNAM, Universiad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco.
- Borgmeier T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Studia Entomologica 2: 1-51.
- Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
- Branstetter M. G. and L. Sáenz. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano E. B. and J. C. Schuster. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp
- Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
- Esteves F. A., C. R. F. Brandao, and L. P. Prado. 2011. The type specimens of Dorylomorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Aenictinae, Ecitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Leptanilloidinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 51(22): 341-397.
- Fernandes I., and J. de Souza. 2018. Dataset of long-term monitoring of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the influence areas of a hydroelectric power plant on the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e24375.
- Fernández F., and E. E. Palacio. 1995. Hormigas de Colombia IV: nuevos registros de géneros y especies. Caldasia 17: 587-596.
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Kempf W. W. 1968. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. IV. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 11: 369-415.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Longino J. et al. ADMAC project. Accessed on March 24th 2017 at https://sites.google.com/site/admacsite/
- O'Donnell S., J. Lattke, S. Powell, and M. Kaspari. 2007. Army ants in four forests: geographic variation in raid rates and species composition. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 580-589.
- Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. The ants of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 45: 1-16.