Neivamyrmex compressinodis

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

This species is only known from queens and/or workers and has yet to be associated with males.

Identification

Jack Longino:

Face smooth and shining; juncture of dorsal and posterior faces of propodeum forming sharp right angle; postpetiole in dorsal view relatively thin; eye without distinct convex cornea, reduced to yellow spot below cuticle or absent.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 16.16034° to 13.7695434°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (type locality), Mexico.

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

Jack Longino: The type specimens were collected at "Port Limón."

I know this species from one collection. The location and habitat was 25 year old second growth forest at El Plastico, a 550m elevation site on the Atlantic slope near La Selva. Workers were in a Winkler sample of sifted leaf litter from the forest floor.

Castes

Nomenclature

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

compressinodis. Neivamyrmex compressinodis Borgmeier, 1953: 50 (w.) COSTA RICA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 3 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Costa Rica: Port Limon, 25.iii.1905 (F.C. Paulmier); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: MCZC (holotype); MCZC, MZSP (paratypes).
- Status as species: Borgmeier, 1955: 558 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 153; Watkins, 1976: 17 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 288; Palacio, 1999: 158 (in key).
- Distribution: Costa Rica, Peru.

Description

References

Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51. (page 50, worker described)
Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 558, see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
Fernández F., E. E. Palacio, W. P. Mackay, and E. S. MacKay. 1996. Introducción al estudio de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Colombia. Pp. 349-412 in: Andrade M. G., G. Amat García, and F. Fernández. (eds.) 1996. Insectos de Colombia. Estudios escogidos. Bogotá: Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 541 pp
Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
Longino J. T. 2013. Ants of Nicargua. Consulted on 18 Jan 2013. https://sites.google.com/site/longinollama/reports/ants-of-nicaragua
Longino J. T. L., and M. G. Branstetter. 2018. The truncated bell: an enigmatic but pervasive elevational diversity pattern in Middle American ants. Ecography 41: 1-12.
Longino J. et al. ADMAC project. Accessed on March 24th 2017 at https://sites.google.com/site/admacsite/