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Trichomyrmex evansi
| Trichomyrmex evansi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Trichomyrmex |
| Species group: | dentigerum |
| Species: | T. evansi |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichomyrmex evansi (Donisthorpe, 1918)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iraq (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. |
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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
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| Specimen code casent0902182. . | |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- evansi. Monomorium (Holcomyrmex) evansi Donisthorpe, 1918b: 199 (w.q.m.) IRAQ.
- Type-material: 52 syntype workers, 18 syntype queens, 5 syntype males.
- Type-localities: Iraq (“Mesopotamia”): Amara, 10.ii.1918, no. 6 (W.E. Evans), Iraq: nr Amara, Mashara Canal, 8.iii.1918, no. 16 (W.E. Evans).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Combination in Trichomyrmex: (provisional, unpublished).
- [Note: name omitted from list in Ward, et al. 2015: 76, but included in scabriceps group revision by Radchenko, 1997f: 216.]
- Status as species: Crawley, 1920a: 166 (redescription); Emery, 1922e: 181; Weber, 1952c: 16; Ettershank, 1966: 89; Bolton, 1987: 321; Bolton, 1995b: 261; Radchenko, 1997f: 218; Borowiec, L. 2014: 119.
- Distribution: Iraq.
Taxonomic Notes
Name omitted from list in Ward, et al. 2015: 76, but included in scabriceps group revision by Radchenko, 1997f: 216.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 54: 263-452 (page 321, see also)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1918c. A list of ants from Mesopotamia; with a description of a new species and a new variety. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 30: 165-167 (worker, queen, male described)
- Radchenko, A. G. 1997g. Review of the ants of scabriceps group of the genus Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 46: 211-224 (page 218, see also)