Neivamyrmex kuertii

Neivamyrmex kuertii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Neivamyrmex
Species:	N. kuertii
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex kuertii (Enzmann, E.V., 1952)

This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain. None of the authors post-1955 who mention kuertii as a species give any indication of its diagnosis or differentiating characters; it therefore remains here as Borgmeier left it, a species inquirenda.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Peru (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.

Nomenclature

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

• kuertii. Woitkowskia kuertii Enzmann, E.V. 1952: 446, figs. 1, 2, 5 (m.) PERU.
  • Type-material: holotype male.
  • Type-locality: Peru: Vienna (F. Woitkowski).
  • Type-depository: unknown.
  • [Note: Enzmann records that the holotype is “in the author’s possession” ; now presumed lost.]
  • Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1955: 459.
  • Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 156; Watkins, 1976: 3 (in list only, not in key); Guénard & Economo, 2015: 226.
  • Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1955: 459.
  • [Note: none of the authors post-1955 who mention kuertii as a species give any indication of its diagnosis or differentiating characters; it therefore remains here as Borgmeier left it, a species inquirenda.]

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
• Enzmann E. V. 1952. Woitkowskia, a new genus of army ants. Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 59: 442-447.
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).