Oecophylla longinoda fusca

Oecophylla longinoda fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Oecophyllini
Genus:	Oecophylla
Species:	O. longinoda
Subspecies:	O. longinoda fusca
Trinomial name
Oecophylla longinoda fusca Emery, 1899

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 4° to 0.516667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), Liberia.

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.

• fusca. Oecophylla fusca Emery, 1899e: 496 (w.q.) CAMEROUN. Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 229 (m.). Subspecies of smaragdina: Emery, 1921c: 103. Currently subspecies of longinoda: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 229.

References

• Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 496, worker, queen described)
• Emery, C. 1921g. Formiche tessitrici del genere Oecophylla fossili e viventi. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna Cl. Sci. Fis. (n.s.) 25: 99-105 (page 103, Variety/subspecies of smaragdina)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 229, male described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 229, Variety/subspecies of longinoda)