Technomyrmex parandrei

Technomyrmex parandrei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Technomyrmex
Species:	T. parandrei
Binomial name
	Technomyrmex parandrei; Bolton, 2007 Specimen labels

The type material was collected from a rainforest litter sample.

Identification

Bolton (2007) - A member of the Technomyrmex bicolor group. This species is very close to Technomyrmex andrei but the leg colours are so different that separation as a distinct species appears justified. Other species that have populations with differently coloured middle and hind coxae or femora show quite frequent intermediate shades, but no specimens of andrei, out of the hundreds examined, shows a colour pattern intermediate between it and Technomyrmex parandrei.

Keys including this Species

Key to Afrotropical and west Palaearctic Technomyrmex

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -0.56° to -2.233333333°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Gabon (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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

parandrei. Technomyrmex parandrei Bolton, 2007a: 31 (w.) GABON.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Holotype. TL 3.7, HL 0.84, HW 0.74, SL 0.90, PW 0.54, WL 1.22. Indices: CI 88, SI 122, or 27, EPI 97, DTI 145.

Answering the description of Technomyrmex andrei except for colour, as follows. Head, mesosoma, petiole and gaster black. Front coxa and femur blackish brown to black, the trochanter yellow. Middle and hind coxae black except for dorsum which is yellow; trochanters yellow; femora blackish brown to black; tibiae and tarsi pale dull yellow, the tibiae tinged with brown on the ventral surfaces.

Gastral setae damaged. None is present on the second tergite but the setal pits are clearly visible. Gastral tergite 3 with 1 seta present that is adherent to the surface; pits indicate the sites of others. Adherent setae are present on the fourth tergite. These conditions are clearly artifacts of collection and preservation, not the normal condition which is most probably as in andrei.

Paratypes. TL 3.5, HL 0.87, HW 0.76, SL 0.90, PW 0.54, WL 1.24. Indices: CI 87, SI 118, OI 28, EPI 100, DTI 151. As holotype. Setae on gastral tergites 2 - 4 similarly partially abraded but are conspicuous on tergite 3.

Type Material

Holotype worker, Gabon: Provo Ogooue-Maritime, Res Monts Doudou, 24.5 km. 303° WNW Doussala, 2°14.0'S, 10 °23.9'E, 18.iii.2000, 630 m., sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood) rainforest, #2276(26)46 (BL Fisher) (California Academy of Sciences). Paratype. 1 worker with same data but #2276(24)44 (CAS).

References

Bolton, B. 2007b. 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.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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.