Trichomyrmex aberrans

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Trichomyrmex aberrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Trichomyrmex
Species: T. aberrans
Binomial name
Trichomyrmex aberrans
(Forel, 1902)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.7009° to 8.5646°.

   
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality), Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

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

Nomenclature

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

  • aberrans. Monomorium aberrans Forel, 1902c: 209 (w.) INDIA (Madhya Pradesh).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: India: Pachmarhi (Schurr).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in M. (Xeromyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 176;
    • combination in Trichomyrmex: Ward, et al. 2015: 76.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 687; Bingham, 1903: 207; Emery, 1922e: 176; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 166; Ettershank, 1966: 87; Bolton, 1987: 297; Bolton, 1995b: 258; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 303; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 47; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 98.
    • Distribution: India, Sri Lanka.
Forel 1902c, Page 176.
Forel 1902c, Page 177.


References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bharti H., Y. P. Sharma, M. Bharti, and M. Pfeiffer. 2013. Ant species richness, endemicity and functional groups, along an elevational gradient in the Himalayas. Asian Myrmecology 5: 79-101.
  • Forel A. 1902. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249.
  • Forel A. 1903. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 679-715.
  • Ghosh S. N., S. Sheela, B. G. Kundu, S. Roychowdhury, and R. N. Tiwari. 2006. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Pp. 369-398 in: Alfred, J. R. B. (ed.) 2006. Fauna of Arunachal Pradesh. (Part -2). [State Fauna Series 13.]. New Delhi: Zoological Survey of India, iv + 518 pp.
  • Pajni H. R., and R. K. Suri. 1978. First report on the Formicid fauna (Hymenoptera) of Chandigarh. Res. Bull. (Science) Punjab University 29: 5-12.