Recurvidris proles

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Recurvidris proles
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Recurvidris
Species: R. proles
Binomial name
Recurvidris proles
Bolton, 1992

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Sulawesi.

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

Nomenclature

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

  • proles. Recurvidris proles Bolton, 1992: 41, figs. 2, 8 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 2 paratype workers.
    • Type-locality: holotype Indonesia: Sulawesi, Lore Lindu N.P., Toro, 14.vii.1983 (Moffett & Fletcher); paratypes with same data.
    • [Note: original pencil data label on specimens said only “Lore Lindu III”; fuller data were added by Bolton, 1992: 42, on a separate label.]
    • Type-depositories: MCZC (holotype); BMNH, MCZC (paratypes).
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 377; Jaitrong, Tokeeree, et al. 2019: 60 (in key).
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi).

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1992b. A review of the ant genus Recurvidris (Hym.: Formicidae), a new name for Trigonogaster Forel. Psyche (Camb.) 99: 35-48 (page 41, figs. 2, 8 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bolton B. 1992. A review of the ant genus Recurvidris (Hym: Formicidae), a new name for Trigonogaster Forel. Psyche 99: 35-48.