Neivamyrmex cornutus

Neivamyrmex cornutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Neivamyrmex
Species:	N. cornutus
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex cornutus Watkins, 1975 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 22.38031° to 16.58807°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Mexico (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.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0249478. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection.

Nomenclature

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

• cornutus. Neivamyrmex cornutus Watkins, 1975a: 92, figs. 1-4 (w.) MEXICO (Oaxaca).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 8 paratype workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Mexico: Oaxaca, Tehuantepec, 13.xii.1947 (T. MacDougal); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: AMNH (holotype); AMNH, JFWC, USNM (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Watkins, 1976: 15 (in key); Watkins, 1982: 212 (in key); Brandão, 1991: 359; Bolton, 1995b: 288.
  • Distribution: Mexico.

References

• Alatorre-Bracamontes, C.E., Vásquez-Bolaños, M. 2010. Lista comentada de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del norte de México. Dugesiana 17(1): 9-36.
• Varela-Hernández, F., Medel-Zosayas, B., Martínez-Luque, E.O., Jones, R.W., De la Mora, A. 2020. Biodiversity in central Mexico: Assessment of ants in a convergent region. Southwestern Entomologist 454: 673-686.
• Watkins, J. F., II. 1975a. Neivamyrmex cornutus, n. sp. (Formicidae: Dorylinae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 48: 92-95 (page 92, figs. 1-4 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Castano-Meneses, G., M. Vasquez-Bolanos, J. L. Navarrete-Heredia, G. A. Quiroz-Rocha, and I. Alcala-Martinez. 2015. Avances de Formicidae de Mexico. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
• Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
• Fernandes, P.R. XXXX. Los hormigas del suelo en Mexico: Diversidad, distribucion e importancia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
• Mirmecofauna de la reserva ecologica de San Felipe Bacalar
• Quiroz-Robledo, L.N. and J. Valenzuela-Gonzalez. 2006. Las hormigas Ecitoninae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Morelos, México. Revista Biologia Tropical 54(2):531-552
• Valenzuela-Gonzalez J., A. V. Parra-Cabanas, L. Quiroz-Robledo, D. L. Martinez-Tlapa, and E. D. Montes-de-Oca-Torres. 2013. Variación de la mirmecofauna en un gradiente altitudinal en la región central de Veracruz, México. In Formicidae de Mexico (eds. M. Vasquez-Bolanos, G. Castano-Meneses, A. Cisneros-Caballero, G. A. Quiroz-Rocha, and J. L. Navarrete-Heredia) p 75-82.
• Vasquez Bolanos M., and J. Escoto Rocha. 2018. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Aguascalientes. Investigacion y Ciencia 24(68): 36-40.
• Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133
• Watkins II, J.F. 1982.The army ants of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ecitoninae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 55(2): 197-247.