Neivamyrmex vicinus

Neivamyrmex vicinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Neivamyrmex
Species:	N. vicinus
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex vicinus Borgmeier, 1953 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (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

Male (alate). Specimen code casent0902307. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

• vicinus. Neivamyrmex vicinus Borgmeier, 1953: 35, fig. 24 (m.) BRAZIL (Goiás).
  • Type-material: holotype male, 4 paratype males.
  • Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Goiás, Campinas, 10.i.1934 (T. Borgmeier); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depository: MZSP.
  • Status as species: Borgmeier, 1955: 608 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 160; Watkins, 1976: 26 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 291.
  • Distribution: Brazil.

References

• Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51. (page 35, fig. 24 male described)
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720 (page 608, see also)