Orectognathus horvathi

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Orectognathus horvathi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Orectognathus
Species: O. horvathi
Binomial name
Orectognathus horvathi
Szabó, 1926

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • horvathi. Orectognathus horvathi Szabó, 1926: 349, fig. C (w.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in Arnoldidris: Brown, 1950c: 145; in Orectognathus: Taylor, 1977: 583. See also: Bolton, 2000: 22.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 301, catalogue)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1950e. Revision of the ant tribe Dacetini: V. The delimitation of Arnoldidris new genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 76: 143-145 (page 145, Combination in Arnoldidris)
  • Szabó-Patay, J. 1926. Trois Orectognathus nouveaux de la collection du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 24: 348-351 (page 349, fig. C worker described)
  • Taylor, R. W. 1977. New ants of the Australasian genus Orectognathus, with a key to the known species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 25: 581-612 (page 583, Combination in Orectognathus)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bolton, B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65
  • Brown W. L., Jr. 1950. Revision of the ant tribe Dacetini: V. The delimitation of Arnoldidris new genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 76: 143-145.
  • Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
  • Szabó J. 1910. Uj hangya Uj-Guineából. Rovartani Lapok 17: 186.