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Technomyrmex gilvus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Technomyrmex |
| Species: | T. gilvus |
| Binomial name | |
| Technomyrmex gilvus Donisthorpe, 1941
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Nothing is known about the biology of Technomyrmex gilvus.
Identification
Bolton (2007) – A member of the Technomyrmex textor group. Similar to Technomyrmex textor. Technomyrmex gilvus is a small yellow species this is known only from Papua New Guinea. The known distribution of textor lies far to the west, In Java, Palawan and the Malay Peninsula.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -6.3° to -8.766670227°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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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| Holotype of Technomyrmex gilvus. Worker. Specimen code casent0903047. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- gilvus. Technomyrmex gilvus Donisthorpe, 1941j: 205 (w.) NEW GUINEA. See also: Bolton, 2007a: 82.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Bolton (2007) - TL 2.7 - 2.8, HL 0.62 - 0.64, HW 0.52 - 0.55, SL 0.64 - 0.68, PW 0.37 - 0.38, WL 0.86 - 0.88 (4 measured). Indices: CI 84 - 86, SI 120 - 126, OI 30 - 31, EPI 60 -70, DTI 145 -151.
Very closely related to Technomyrmex textor and matching the description of that species except for its dimensions, as follows. Scape of gilvus 50th absolutely and relatively longer than in textor (SL 0.45 - 0.54, SI 93 - 100). Eyes of gilvus located more posteriorly on the head than in textor (EPI 44 - 52). The head is slightly narrower in gilvus than in textor (CI 87 - 92).
Type Material
Bolton (2007) - Holotype and paratype workers, Papua New Guinea: Kokoda, iv.1933, 1200 ft (L.E. Cheesman) (The Natural History Museum) [examined].
References
- Bolton, B. 2007. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute. 35(1):1-149.
- Donisthorpe, H. 1941k. Descriptions of new ants (Hym., Formicidae) from various localities. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(8): 199-210 (page 205, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton B. 2007. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 35(1): 1-150.
- Bolton, B. "Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste." Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 35, no. 1 (2007): 1-149.
- CSIRO Collection
- Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
- Donisthorpe H. 1941. Descriptions of new ants (Hym., Formicidae) from various localities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)8: 199-210.
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
- Klimes P., P. Fibich, C. Idigel, and M. Rimandai. 2015. Disentangling the diversity of arboreal ant communities in tropical forest trees. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0117853. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117853
- Shattuck S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112: i-xix, 1-241.