Neivamyrmex planidorsus

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Neivamyrmex planidorsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Neivamyrmex
Species: N. planidorsus
Binomial name
Neivamyrmex planidorsus
(Emery, 1906)

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.809943° to -31.28333333°.

   
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay (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

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Syntype of Neivamyrmex planidorsusWorker. Specimen code casent0903736. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.
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Syntype of Eciton paraenseWorker. Specimen code casent0905970. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • planidorsus. Eciton planidorsum Emery, 1906c: 110 (w.) PARAGUAY.
    • Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Borgmeier, 1955: 421), 1 paralectotype worker.
    • Type-locality: lectotype Paraguay: Villa Rica, 14.x.1900 (F. Silvestri); paralectotype (head missing) with same data.
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Combination in E. (Acamatus): Emery, 1910b: 25;
    • combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 6.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1910b: 25; Gallardo, 1920: 371; Borgmeier, 1953: 9; Borgmeier, 1955: 421 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 158; Watkins, 1976: 14 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 291; Palacio, 1999: 157 (in key); Wild, 2007b: 26; Palacio, 2019: 621.
    • Senior synonym of paraense: Borgmeier, 1953: 9; Borgmeier, 1955: 421; Kempf, 1972a: 158; Bolton, 1995b: 291.
    • Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay.
  • paraense. Eciton (Acamatus) paraense Forel, 1912c: 45 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Brazil: Pará (Goeldi).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Status as species: Borgmeier, 1923: 47.
    • Junior synonym of planidorsus: Borgmeier, 1953: 9; Borgmeier, 1955: 421; Kempf, 1972a: 158; Bolton, 1995b: 290.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Borgmeier T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Studia Entomologica 2: 1-51.
  • Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
  • Cuezzo, F. 1998. Formicidae. Chapter 42 in Morrone J.J., and S. Coscaron (dirs) Biodiversidad de artropodos argentinos: una perspectiva biotaxonomica Ediciones Sur, La Plata. Pages 452-462.
  • Emery C. 1906. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 37: 107-194.
  • Emery C. 1910. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102: 1-34.
  • Fernández F., and E. E. Palacio. 1995. Hormigas de Colombia IV: nuevos registros de géneros y especies. Caldasia 17: 587-596.
  • Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
  • Gallardo A. 1920. Las hormigas de la República Argentina. Subfamilia Dorilinas. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 30: 281-410.
  • Watkins J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp
  • Wild, A. L. "A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1622 (2007): 1-55.