Neivamyrmex tristis

Neivamyrmex tristis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Neivamyrmex
Species:	N. tristis
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex tristis (Forel, 1901)

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 21.25421° to 15.315°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil, 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.

Nomenclature

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

• tristis. Eciton spoliator r. triste Forel, 1901h: 48 (m.) MEXICO (Chiapas).
  • Type-material: 2 syntype males.
  • Type-locality: Mexico: Soconusco (H. & H. Kulow).
  • Type-depository: MZSP (second syntype was in Hamburg Museum, destroyed in World War II).
  • Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 9.
  • Subspecies of spoliator: Emery, 1910b: 27.
  • Status as species: Borgmeier, 1953: 9; Borgmeier, 1955: 650 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 160; Watkins, 1976: 23 (in key); Watkins, 1982: 213 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 291; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 254.
  • Distribution: Belize, Guatemala, Mexico.

References

• Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51 (page 9, Combination in Neivamyrmex, and raised to species.)
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 650, see also)
• Forel, A. 1901m. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 18: 43-82 (page 48, male described)

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
• Fernandes, P.R. XXXX. Los hormigas del suelo en Mexico: Diversidad, distribucion e importancia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
• Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
• 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.
• Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp