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Typhlomyrmex pusillus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Typhlomyrmex |
| Species: | T. pusillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlomyrmex pusillus Emery, 1894
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 27.18333333° to -31.632389°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (type locality), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Venezuela.
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
Worker
 
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0102122. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
Queen
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0173389. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ALWC, Alex L. Wild Collection. |
   
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0178662. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MIZA, Maracay, Venezuela. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pusillus. Typhlomyrmex pusillus Emery, 1894c: 141, pl. 1, fig. 2 (w.) BOLIVIA.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Bolivia: (no further data) (L. Balzan).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Emery, 1906c: 111 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964b: 447 (l.).
- Status as species: Emery, 1906c: 111; Emery, 1911d: 34; Santschi, 1912e: 521; Bruch, 1914: 212; Gallardo, 1918b: 15; Santschi, 1923c: 246; Wheeler, W.M. 1925a: 4 (in key); Santschi, 1929d: 276; Menozzi, 1931b: 261; Kusnezov, 1953b: 336; Kempf, 1961b: 493; Brown, 1965c: 73; Kempf, 1972a: 256; Brandão, 1991: 383; Bolton, 1995b: 422; Wild, 2007b: 27; Arias-Penna, 2008b: 102; Lacau, et al. 2008: 253 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 255; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 111; Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 678; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 12.
- Senior synonym of schmidti: Brown, 1965c: 73; Kempf, 1972a: 256; Bolton, 1995b: 422.
- Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.
- schmidti. Typhlomyrmex schmidti Menozzi, 1927c: 268 (q.m.) COSTA RICA.
- Type-material: holotype queen, paratype queen(s), paratype male(s) (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Costa Rica: San José (H. Schmidt).
- Type-depositories: DEIB (holotype); IEUB, NHMB (paratypes).
- Junior synonym of pusillus: Brown, 1965c: 73; Kempf, 1972a: 256; Bolton, 1995b: 422.
Description
References
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