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Neivamyrmex digitistipus
| Neivamyrmex digitistipus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Neivamyrmex |
| Species: | N. digitistipus |
| Binomial name | |
| Neivamyrmex digitistipus Watkins, 1975
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This species is only known from males and has yet to be associated with queens or workers.
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 10.35° to 10.33333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
Castes
Images from AntWeb
 
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| Male (alate). Specimen code jtlc000008847. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by INBio. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- digitistipus. Neivamyrmex digitistipus Watkins, 1975b: 203, figs. 1-6 (m.) COSTA RICA.
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Costa Rica: Turrialba, 16.vii.1965 (P.J. Spangler).
- Type-depository: USNM.
- Status as species: Watkins, 1976: 27 (in key); Brandão, 1991: 359; Bolton, 1995b: 288.
- Distribution: Costa Rica.
Description
References
- Watkins, J. F., II. 1975b. Neivamyrmex digitistipus, n. sp. (Formicidae: Dorylinae) from Costa Rica. Tex. J. Sci. 26: 203-206 (page 203, figs. 1-6 male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Longino J. T., J. Coddington, and R. K. Colwell. 2002. The ant fauna of a tropical rain forest: estimating species richness three different ways. Ecology 83: 689-702.
- Longino J. et al. ADMAC project. Accessed on March 24th 2017 at https://sites.google.com/site/admacsite/