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Nesomyrmex konina
| Nesomyrmex konina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Nesomyrmex |
| Species: | N. konina |
| Binomial name | |
| Nesomyrmex konina Arredondo & Guerrero, 2025 | |
This species is only known from several workers extracted from the leaf litter in a fragment of tropical dry forest that has been recovering for more than 20 years in eastern Colombia.
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Identification
Dorsal surface of head and clypeus smooth and shiny. Clypeus without longitudinal median carina. Mesosome with slightly impressed longitudinal striation. Dorsal surface of mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole opaques. Legs and antennal scapes smooth and shiny. Basal third of first gastral tergum smooth and shiny.
Nesomyrmex konina is included in the group of echinatinodis species due to its morphological similarity (see comments in Nesomyrmex echinatinodis). It is distinguished from the other species in the group by its coloration and the smooth, shiny sculpture of the first gastral tergite.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
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Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.5° to 6.4°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: Arredondo & Guerrero, 2025
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia (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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- konina. Nesomyrmex konina Arredondo & Guerrero, 2025: 153, figs. 23, 29 (w.) COLOMBIA.
Type Material
- Holotype. Colombia • 1 worker; Arauca, Tame, Parcela del Humboldt; 6.359289°N, 71.894258°W; 675 m a.s.l.; 19 Mar. 2024–21 Mar. 2024; H. Sierra, S. de La Hoz legs.; Winkler; CBUMAG:ENT:35951 [CBUMAG].
- Paratypes (n = 4). Colombia • 3 workers; same data as holotype; CBUMAG:ENT:40035, CBUMAG:ENT:40036, CBUMAG:ENT:41654 (CBUMAG). • 1 worker; Cundinamarca, Medina, Vda. Periquito; 4.512722°N, 73.426833°W; 1043 m a.s.l.; 07–21 Feb. 2019; MPUJ_ENT0064660 (MPUJ).