Syllophopsis vitiensis

Syllophopsis vitiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Syllophopsis
Species:	S. vitiensis
Binomial name
Syllophopsis vitiensis Mann, 1921 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.583° to -18.016667°.

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.

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.

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Not Provided. Worker. Specimen code casent0181872. Photographer Eli M. Sarnat, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by EMSC.

Nomenclature

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

• vitiensis. Monomorium (Monomorium) vitiensis Mann, 1921: 444 (w.) FIJI IS (Taviuni I.).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a small series”).
  • Type-locality: Fiji Is: Taviuni I., Somo Somo (W.M. Mann).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in Syllophopsis: Ward, et al. 2015: 73.
  • Junior synonym of talpa by Dlussky, 1994: 54 (in list only).
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 24; Ettershank, 1966: 93; Bolton, 1995b: 268; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 89.
  • Distribution: Fiji Is.

References

• Mann, W. M. 1921. The ants of the Fiji Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 64: 401-499 (page 444, worker described)
• Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L., Schultz, T.R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40: 61–81 (doi:10.1111/syen.12090).
• Wetterer, J.K., Sharaf, M.R. 2021. Worldwide distribution of Syllophopsis subcoeca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an Old-World species long known only from the West Indies. Journal of Natural History 55(23–24), 1465–1476 (doi:10.1080/00222933.2021.1948129).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
• Mann W. M. 1921. The ants of the Fiji Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 64: 401-499.
• Sarnat Eli M. 2009. The Ants [Hymenoptera: Formicdiae] of Fiji: Systematics, Biogeography and Conservation of an Island Arc Fauna. 80-252
• Ward, Darren F. and James K. Wetterer. 2006. Checklist of the Ants of Fiji. Fiji Arthropods III 85: 23-47.
• Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
• Wheeler, William Morton.1935.Checklist of the Ants of Oceania.Occasional Papers 11(11): 3-56
• Wilson E.O., and G.L. Hunt. 1967. Ant fauna of Futuna and Wallis islands, stepping stones to Polynesia. Pacific Insects 9(4): 563-584.
• Wilson, Edward O. and George L. Hunt. 1967. Ant Fauna of Futuna and Wallis Islands, Stepping Stones To Polynesia. Pacific Insects. 9(4):563-584.
• Wilson, Edward O. and Hunt, George L. Jr. 1967. Ant Fauna of Futuna and Wallis Islands, Stepping Stones to Polynesia. Pacific Insects. 9(4):563-584