Neivamyrmex clavifemur

Neivamyrmex clavifemur
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Neivamyrmex
Species:	N. clavifemur
Binomial name
	Neivamyrmex clavifemur; Borgmeier, 1953

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -14.785° to -22.908°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), Paraguay, Peru.

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

Castes

Nomenclature

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

clavifemur. Neivamyrmex clavifemur Borgmeier, 1953: 30, figs. 20, 27 (m.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo).
- Type-material: holotype male, 6 paratype males.
- Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 10.xii.1932 (J.F. Zikán); paratypes: 4 males with same data but 4.xii.1926, and 10.xii.1932, 1 male Estrada Rio-S. Paulo km. 47, 8.i.1943 (P. Wygodzinsky), 1 male Brazil: Dist. Federal, S. Bento, 5.xi.1947 (R.C. Gonçalves).
- Type-depository: MZSP.
- Status as species: Borgmeier, 1955: 596 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 153; Watkins, 1976: 20 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 288; Palacio, 1999: 158 (in key); Wild, 2007b: 25; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 110; Palacio, 2019: 615.
- Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru.

Description

References

Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51. (page 30, figs. 20, 27 male described)
Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 596, see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
Escalante Gutiérrez J. A. 1993. Especies de hormigas conocidas del Perú (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Peruana de Entomología 34:1-13.
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.
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. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp
Wild, A. L. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.
do Nascimento, I.C. 2006. Fenologia dos Voos de Acasalamento em Formigas Tropicais