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Prionopelta minuta
| Prionopelta minuta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
| Genus: | Prionopelta |
| Species: | P. minuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Prionopelta minuta Ladino & Feitosa, 2020
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Identification
Lateral portion of frons with foveolate sculpturing nearly confluent and inconspicuous shiny interspaces appearing as small raised margins. Twelve antennomeres. Posterior margin of subpetiolar process straight.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia.
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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Biology
The species is mainly known from leaf litter and dead wood samples collected in well preserved forests; reported at elevations of 152-1430m.
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- minuta. Prionopelta minuta Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 234, figs. 23, 24, 35C (w.q.) BRAZIL, COLOMBIA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 21 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Rondônia, Itapuã do Oeste, Floresta Nacional do Jamari, -9.9780, -62.9780, 3-10.iii.2016, Winkler (A.C. Ferreira & L. Cunha); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: DZUP (holotype); DZUP, INPA, MCZC, MPEG, MZSP, USNM.
- [Note: Ladino & Feitosa also mention a depository ICN, which is not in their list of depositories (Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 202).]
- DistributionL Brazil, Colombia.
Description
References
- Ladino, N., Feitosa, R.M. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the genus Prionopelta Mayr, 1866 (Formicidae: Amblyoponinae) for the Neotropical region. Zootaxa 4821 (2): 201–249 (doi:[https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fzootaxa.482%2A%5B%5BMedia%3ATibcherani%2C+M.%2C+Garbin%2C+B.O.+2021.+First+record+of+Prionopelta+punctulata+from+Brazilian+Pantanal.pdf%7CTibcherani%2C+M.%2C+Garbin%2C+B.O.%2C+Aranda%2C+R.+2021.+First+record+of+%27%27Prionopelta+punctulata%27%27+Mayr%2C+1866+%28Hymenoptera%3A+Formicidae%29+from+Brazilian+Pantanal.+International+Journal+of+Zoology+Studies+6%282%29%3A+41-43.%5D%5D%0A1.2.1 10.11646/zootaxa.482*Tibcherani, M., Garbin, B.O., Aranda, R. 2021. First record of Prionopelta punctulata Mayr, 1866 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Brazilian Pantanal. International Journal of Zoology Studies 6(2): 41-43.
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