Vollenhovia dentata marginata

This subspecies was described from a single worker taken at 2,300 feet elevation on the trail between Atta and Fourafi (Mann, 1919).

Vollenhovia dentata marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Vollenhovia
Species:	V. dentata
Subspecies:	V. dentata marginata
Trinomial name
Vollenhovia dentata marginata Mann, 1919

Identification

Differing from dentata in having the teeth at margins of epinotal declivity longer and narrower. The anterior upper border of the petiolar node is distinctly margined. The sculpture of the promesothorax is feebler, especially in the middle where it is reduced to delicate strialation. The petiole and postpetiole are irregularly and finely strialate and the gaster is not punctate. The whole body is more shining. The color is light brownish red with the appendages honey-yellow.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -9° to -9°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Solomon Islands (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.

Nomenclature

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

• marginata. Vollenhovia dentata subsp. marginata Mann, 1919: 327 (w.) SOLOMON IS.

Description

Worker

Differing from dentata in having the teeth at margins of epinotal declivity longer and narrower. The anterior upper border of the petiolar node is distinctly margined. The sculpture of the promesothorax is feebler, especially in the middle where it is reduced to delicate strialation. The petiole and postpetiole are irregularly and finely strialate and the gaster is not punctate.

The whole body is more shining. The color is light brownish red with the appendages honey-yellow.

Length- 2 mm

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 423, catalogue)
• Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63: 273-391 (page 327, worker described)