Pseudomyrmex acanthobius virgo

Pseudomyrmex acanthobius virgo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus:	Pseudomyrmex
Species:	P. acanthobius
Subspecies:	P. acanthobius virgo
Trinomial name
Pseudomyrmex acanthobius virgo (Santschi, 1922)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

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This species is a host for the strepsipteran Stichotrema beckeri (a parasite) (Cook, 2019).

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• virgo. Pseudomyrma acanthobia var. virgo Santschi, 1922b: 345 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972a: 215.

References

• Cook, J.L. 2019. Annotated catalog of the order Strepsiptera of the world. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 144: 121-267 (doi:10.3157/061.145.0202).
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 215, Combination in Pseudomyrmex)
• Santschi, F. 1922c. Myrmicines, dolichodérines et autres formicides néotropiques. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 54: 345-378 (page 345, worker described)