Neivamyrmex agilis
| Neivamyrmex agilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Neivamyrmex |
| Species: | N. agilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neivamyrmex agilis Borgmeier, 1953 | |
A Chihuahuan Desert species that is often found in riparian areas. Workers have been observed foraging in columns, several meters long, searching in the leaf litter and holes in the habitat. (Mackay and Mackay 2002)
Contents
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
United States: southern AZ, NM (Grant Co). MEXICO: Chihuahua, Jalisco.
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States.
Neotropical Region: Mexico (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
Biology
Castes
The male and queen of this species are so far unknown, but we believe that Neivamyrmex andrei is the likely male. (Snelling and Snelling 2007)
Worker
- Images provided by Gordon Snelling
- Images provided by Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
- The following images are provided by AntWeb
Head view
Side view
Top view
Specimen labels
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- agilis. Neivamyrmex agilis Borgmeier, 1953: 44 (w.) MEXICO. Material of the nomen nudum cocula referred here by Borgmeier, 1955: 406.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
References
- Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 PDF (page 45, worker described)
- Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 406, Material of the nomen nudum cocula referred here.)
- MacKay, W.P. & MacKay, E.E. 2002. The Ants of New Mexico: 400 pp. Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, N.Y.
- Snelling, G. C.; Snelling, R. R. 2007. New synonymy, new species, new keys to Neivamyrmex army ants of the United States. In Snelling, R. R., B. L. Fisher, and P. S. Ward (eds). Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:459-550. PDF
