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Pseudoatta
| Pseudoatta | |
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| Pseudoatta argentina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Pseudoatta Gallardo, 1916 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudoatta argentina | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 species (Species Checklist, Species by Country)
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The single species and subspecies of this genus are inquilines. Queens live in the nest of Acromyrmex species, have no workers and are entirely dependent on their hosts for food. The queens produce eggs that are cared for and raised to maturity by the host workers. Details about the biology of Pseudoatta argentina can be found in Bruch (1928) and Gallardo (1929). Pseudoatta argentina platensis remains unstudied and is only known from the type material.
Phylogenetically, the species of this genus are nested within Acromyrmex, the genus their hosts belong to. Eventually Pseudoatta will be synonymised with Acromyrmex.
| At a Glance | • Inquiline |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution and Richness based on AntMaps
Species by Region
Number of species within biogeographic regions, along with the total number of species for each region.
| Afrotropical Region | Australasian Region | Indo-Australian Region | Malagasy Region | Nearctic Region | Neotropical Region | Oriental Region | Palaearctic Region | |
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| Species | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Species | 2840 | 1735 | 3042 | 932 | 835 | 4378 | 1740 | 2862 |
Biology
Association with Other Organisms
All Associate Records for Genus
| Taxon | Relationship | Associate Type | Associate Taxon | Associate Relationship | Locality | Source | Notes |
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| Pseudoatta argentina | workerless inquiline | ant | Acromyrmex balzani | host | need confirmation | ||
| Pseudoatta argentina | workerless inquiline | ant | Acromyrmex heyeri | host | de la Mora et al., 2021; Rabeling et al., 2015 | ||
| Pseudoatta argentina | workerless inquiline | ant | Acromyrmex lundii | host | de la Mora et al., 2021; Rabeling et al., 2015 |
Castes
Inquilines; workers are not produced.
Phylogeny
| Myrmicinae |
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See Phylogeny of Myrmicinae for details.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- PSEUDOATTA [Myrmicinae: Attini]
- Pseudoatta Gallardo, 1916d: 320. Type-species: Pseudoatta argentina, by monotypy.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
References
- Barrera, C.A., Sosa-Calvo, J., Schultz, T.R., Rabeling, C., Bacci, M., Jr 2021. Phylogenomic reconstruction reveals new insights into the evolution and biogeography of Atta leaf-cutting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 47: 13-35 (doi:10.1111/syen.12513).
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 200, Pseudoatta as genus)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 184, Pseudoatta provisional junior synonym of Acromyrmex (unconfirmed).)
- Bruch, C. 1928. Estudios mirmecológicos. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 34:341-360.
- Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
- Dahan, R.A., Grove, N.K., Bollazzi, M., Gerstner, B.P., Rabeling, C. 2021. Decoupled evolution of mating biology and social structure in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76, 7 (doi:10.1007/s00265-021-03113-1).
- Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 346, Pseudoatta in Myrmicinae, Attini)
- Fernandez, F., Guerrero, R.J., Sánchez-Restrepo, A.F. 2021. Sistemática y diversidad de las hormigas neotropicales. Revista Colombiana de Entomología 47, 1–20 (doi:10.25100/socolen.v47i1.11082).
- Gallardo, A. 1916e. Notes systématiques et éthologiques sur les fourmis attines de la République Argentine. An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. Aires 28: 317-344 (page 320, Pseudoatta as genus)
- Gallardo, A. 1929a. Note sur les moeurs de la fourmi Pseudoatta argentina. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 2: 197-202 (page 197, *Hanisch, P.E., Sosa-Calvo, J., Schultz, T.R. 2022. The last piece of the puzzle? Phylogenetic position and natural history of the monotypic fungus-farming ant genus Paramycetophylax (Formicidae: Attini). Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 11:1-17 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixab029).
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