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Recurvidris glabriceps
| Recurvidris glabriceps | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Recurvidris |
| Species: | R. glabriceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Recurvidris glabriceps Zhou, 2000 | |
Nothing is known about the biology of Recurvidris glabriceps.
Identification
Zhou (2001) - Resembles Recurvidris pickburni, but differs from the latter in the following characters: 1) head smooth and shining, not reticulate; 2) Petiole with a long anteroventral process; and 3) propodeal spines stout. The shape of the mandiblar teeth of the two species above can distinguish from all the known species in the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Vietnam.
Palaearctic Region: China (type locality).
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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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.
- glabriceps. Recurvidris glabriceps Zhou, 2000: 301, figs. 1-3 (w.) CHINA (Guangxi, Hainan).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 10 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype China: Guangxi Prov., Da Yao Shan, 25.ix.1998 (J.R. Fellows); paratypes: 3 workers with same data, 3 workers Guangxi Prov., Da Ping Shan, 22.ix.1998 (J.R. Fellows), 1 worker Guangxi Prov., Xi Da Ming Shan, 17.x.1998 (J.R. Fellows), 3workers Hainan Prov., Wang Xia, 5.iv.1998 (J.R. Fellows).
- Type-depositories: GNUC (holotype); CDHK (paratypes).
- [Also described as new by Zhou, 2001b: 111.]
- Status as species: Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 52; Jaitrong, Tokeeree, et al. 2019: 60 (in key).
- Distribution: China, Vietnam.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Holotype: TL 2.4, HL 0.53, HW 0.46, CI 86, SL 0.43, SI 93, PW 0.27, AL 0.72.
Apical margin of mandible with 4 teeth. Basal (fourth ) tooth larger than tooth 3, acutely pointed; basal margin of mandible unarmed. Occipital corner rounded, the two sides and the occipital border of head form a single arc in full face view. Dorsum of head smooth and shining. Disc of pronotum smooth and shining, mesopleuron reticulate in most part, propodeal dorsum with only faint superficial sculpture. Recurved propodeal spines stout, with an indistinct infradental lamella. Petiole with a long acute anteroventral process. Propodeal dorsum with a pair of short decumbent hairs which far in front of spiracle. Color yellow.
Paratypes: TL 2.3~2.6, HL 0.51~0.53, HW 0.43~0.46, CI 84~86, SL 0.42~0.43, SI 91~97, PW 0.27~0.28, AL 0.67~0.75 (4 measured).
Type Material
Holotype worker, Da Yao Shan Natural Reserve, Guangxi, 25.IX.1998, John R. Fellowes leg. Para types: 3 workers, data as holotype; 3 workers, Da Ping Shan Natural Reserve, Guangxi, 22.IX.1998; 1 worker, Xi Da Ming Shan Natural Reserve, Guangxi, 7.X.1998; 3 workers, Wang Xia of Bainan, 5.IV.1998. All the type specimens were collected by John R. Fellowes.
References
- Zhou, S. 2000. A taxonomic study of the ant genus Recuruidris [sic] Bolton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China, with description of a new species. Entomotaxonomia 22: 301-303 (page 301, figs. 1-3 worker described)
- Zhou, S. 2001. Ants of Guangxi. Guilin, China: Guangxi Normal University Press. 255 pp. (page 111, also described as new)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Eguchi K.; Bui T. V.; Yamane S. 2011. Generic synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), part I Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa 2878: 1-61.
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Skarbek C. J., M. Noack, H. Bruelheide, W. Hardtle, G. von Oheimb, T. Scholten, S. Seitz, M. Staab. 2019. A tale of scale: plot but not neighbourhood tree diversity increases leaf litter ant diversity. Journal of Animal Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13115
- Zhang Xiang, and Hou You-Ming. 2009. Five new record genus and thirty one new records species of ants (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) in Fujian Province. Journal of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University 38(5): 479-484.