Pseudomyrmex lisus

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Pseudomyrmex lisus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Pseudomyrmex
Species: P. lisus
Binomial name
Pseudomyrmex lisus
(Enzmann, E.V., 1944)

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 5.966666667° to -22.809943°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru (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

Images from AntWeb

Pseudomyrmex lisus inbiocri001238570 head 1.jpgPseudomyrmex lisus inbiocri001238570 profile 1.jpgPseudomyrmex lisus inbiocri001238570 dorsal 1.jpgPseudomyrmex lisus inbiocri001238570 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code inbiocri001238570. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by INBio.

Nomenclature

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

  • lisus. Pseudomyrma sericea var. lisa Enzmann, E.V. 1944: 90 (w.) PERU. Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972a: 223. Raised to species: Wild, 2007b: 41.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chacon de Ulloa P., A. M. Osorio-Garica, R. Achury, and C. Bermudez-Rivas. 2012. Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del Bosque seco tropical (Bs-T) de la cuenca alta del rio Cauca, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 13(2): 165-181.
  • Enzmann E. V. 1944. Systematic notes on the genus Pseudomyrma. Psyche (Camb.) 51: 59-103.
  • Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
  • Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Ward P. S. 1990. The Ant Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Generic Revision and Relationship to Other Formicids. Systematic Entomology 15: 449-489