Neivamyrmex klugii

Neivamyrmex klugii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Neivamyrmex
Species:	N. klugii
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex klugii (Shuckard, 1840) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Neivamyrmex klugii distans Borgmeier, 1953

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 12.184° to -10.8853°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Grenada, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

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

Syntype of Neivamyrmex antillanus. Worker. Specimen code casent0905966. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• klugii. Labidus klugii Shuckard, 1840b: 260 (m.) ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES (St Vincent I.).
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: St Vincent & the Grenadines: St Vincent I. (L. Guilding).
  • Type-depository: unknown (not in BMNH or OXUM; presumed lost).
  • [Note: Borgmeier, 1955: 598, cites material in BMNH, MHNG, MSNG, and MZSP, saying, “I consider them all to be neotypes”; incorrect procedure which leaves a neotype still to be designated.].
  • Combination in Eciton: Dalla Torre, 1893: 4;
  • combination in E. (Labidus): Forel, 1893g: 369;
  • combination in E. (Acamatus): Emery, 1910b: 26;
  • combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 6.
  • Status as species: Westwood, 1842: 77; Smith, F. 1859b: 9; Roger, 1863b: 42; Mayr, 1863: 424; Dalla Torre, 1893: 4; Forel, 1897b: 298; Emery, 1900a: 178 (in key); Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 122; Emery, 1910b: 26; Borgmeier, 1953: 15; Borgmeier, 1955: 598 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 156; Watkins, 1976: 19 (in key); Watkins, 1982: 212 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 289; Palacio, 1999: 158 (in key); Palacio, 2019: 621.
  • Distribution: Bolivia, Colombia, Grenada, Mexico, St Vincent, Trinidad.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus distans.

References

• Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 6, Combination in Nievamyrmex)
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 598, see also)
• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 4, Combination in Eciton)
• Forel, A. 1893j. Formicides de l'Antille St. Vincent, récoltées par Mons. H. H. Smith. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1893: 333-418 (page 369, Combination in E. (Labidus))
• Shuckard, W. E. 1840b. Monograph of the Dorylidae, a family of the Hymenoptera Heterogyna. (Continued from p. 201.). Ann. Nat. Hist. 5: 258-271 (page 260, male described)
• Wetterer, J.K. 2021. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of St. Vincent, West Indies. Sociobiology 68, e6725 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v68i2.6725).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borgmeier T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Studia Entomologica 2: 1-51.
• Borgmeier T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3: 1-720.
• Emery C. 1900. Nuovi studi sul genere Eciton. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)8: 173-188
• Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.
• Forel A. 1897. Quelques Formicides de l'Antille de Grenada récoltés par M. H. H. Smith. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1897: 297-300.
• 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
• Wheeler W. M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21: 79-135.
• Wheeler, William Morton. 1911. Ants Collected in Grenada, W.I. by Mr. C. T. Brues. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparitive Zoology at Harvard College. 54(5):166-172.