Nesomyrmex reticulatus
Nesomyrmex reticulatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Nesomyrmex |
Species group: | sikorae |
Species: | N. reticulatus |
Binomial name | |
Nesomyrmex reticulatus Csösz & Fisher, 2016 |
This species is known to occur in dry forests in lowlands between 50 m and 130 m (mean: 94 m) of the western and southern coasts of Madagascar.
Identification
A member of the sikorai species-group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -16.37667° to -23.52083°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar (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. |
Biology
Castes
Worker
Images from AntWeb
Holotype of Nesomyrmex reticulatus. Worker. Specimen code casent0418497. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Queen
Images from AntWeb
Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0073583. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- reticulatus. Nesomyrmex reticulatus Csösz & Fisher, 2016b: 20, figs. 3, 11A-C (w.q.) MADAGASCAR.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Body color: yellow; brown. Body color pattern: concolorous. Absolute cephalic size: 511 μm [472, 545]. Cephalic length vs. maximum width of head capsule (CL/CWb): 1.151 [1.125, 1.18]. Postocular distance vs. cephalic length (PoOc/CL): 0.462 [0.449, 0.476]. Postocular sides of cranium contour, anterior view orientation: converging posteriorly. Postocular sides of cranium contour, anterior view shape: strongly convex. Vertex contour line in anterior view shape: slightly concave. Vertex sculpture: main sculpture homogeneously forked costate, ground sculpture areolate. Gena contour line in anterior view shape: convex. Gena contour from anterior view orientation: strongly converging. Gena sculpture: rugoso-reticulate with areolate ground sculpture. Concentric carinae laterally surrounding antennal foramen: present. Eye length vs. absolute cephalic size (EL/CS): 0.238 [0.224, 0.254]. Frontal carina distance vs. absolute cephalic size (FRS/CS): 0.322 [0.310, 0.335]. Longitudinal carinae on median region of frons: absent. Smooth median region on frons count: absent. Antennomere count: 12. Scape length vs. absolute cephalic size (SL/CS): 0.704 [0.679, 0.72]. Median clypeal notch: present. Median carina of clypeus: absent. Spine length vs. absolute cephalic size (SPST/CS): 0.236 [0.224, 0.257]. Minimum spine distance vs. absolute cephalic size (SPBA/CS): 0.254 [0.235, 0.275]. Apical spine distance vs. absolute cephalic size (SPTI/CS): 0.267 [0.244, 0.284]. Propodeal spine shape: straight; triangular, blunt. Apical distance of pronotal spines vs. absolute cephalic size (PSTI/CS): 0.629 [0.608, 0.65]. Metanotal depression: present. Dorsal region of mesosoma sculpture: areolate ground sculpture, superimposed by dispersed rugae. Lateral region of pronotum sculpture: areolate ground sculpture, main sculpture dispersed costate. Mesopleuron sculpture: areolate ground sculpture superimposed by dispersed rugulae. Metapleuron sculpture: areolate ground sculpture superimposed by dispersed rugulae. Petiole width vs. absolute cephalic size (PEW/CS): 0.235 [0.222, 0.242]. Dorsal region of petiole sculpture: ground sculpture areolate, main sculpture absent. Postpetiole width vs. absolute cephalic size (PPW/CS): 0.37 [0.339, 0.386]. Dorsal region of postpetiole sculpture: ground sculpture areolate, main sculpture absent.
Type Material
Holotype worker: Madagascar: Prov. Toliara, Forêt de Kirindy, 15.5 km 64° ENE Marofandilia, 100 m, -20.045 N, 44.66222 E, 28.xi.2001, collection code: BLF04604; CASENT0418497, Fisher-Griswold Arthropod Team, beating low vegetation tropical dry forest (California Academy of Sciences, CASENT0418497); Paratypes: 3 workers and a gyne with the same label data with the holotype under CASENT codes: CASENT0473935, BLF04605, (1w, CAS); CASENT0418443, BLF04604, (1Q, CAS); CASENT0418447, BLF04604, (1w, CAS); CASENT0418482, BLF04604, (1w, CAS).
Etymology
The name refers to the fine, micro-reticulate body sculpturing.