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Romblonella liogaster
| Romblonella liogaster | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Romblonella |
| Species: | R. liogaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Romblonella liogaster (Santschi, 1928)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -17.22° to -17.833°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Fiji (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.
- liogaster. Tetramorium scrobiferum var. liogaster Santschi, 1928c: 69 (w.) FIJI IS. Combination in Romblonella: Bolton, 1995b: 382. Raised to species: Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 121. Senior synonym of vitiensis: Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 121.
- vitiensis. Romblonella vitiensis Smith, M.R. 1953a: 79 (w.) FIJI IS. Junior synonym of liogaster: Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 121.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 382, Combination in Romblonella)
- Santschi, F. 1928c. Fourmis de îles Fidji. Rev. Suisse Zool. 35: 67-74 (page 69, worker described)
- Sarnat, E.M. & Economo, E.P. 2012. The ants of Fiji: 384 pp. UC Publications in Entomology, University of California Press.