Vollenhovia oblonga pedestris

Vollenhovia oblonga pedestris
Vollenhovia oblonga pedestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Vollenhovia
Species:	V. oblonga
Subspecies:	V. oblonga pedestris
Trinomial name
Vollenhovia oblonga pedestris (Smith, F., 1861) Specimen labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to New Caledonian Vollenhovia Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -4.166667° to -22.16666603°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: New Caledonia.
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Solomon Islands, Sulawesi.

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.

• pedestris. Myrmica pedestris Smith, F. 1861b: 46 (q.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1955c: 120 (l.). Combination in Vollenhovia: Mayr, 1867a: 94. Status as species: Mann, 1919: 324. Currently subspecies of oblonga: Emery, 1914f: 405; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 468; Donisthorpe, 1948g: 133.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Myrmica pedestris

Holotype queen in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Tond. 8.”

References

• Akbar, S. A., Bharti, H., Schifani, E., Wachkoo, A. A. 2023. Overview of the ant genus Vollenhovia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with an illustrated key and the description of a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 908, 77-107 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.908.2339).
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 423, catalogue)
• Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476 (page 468, subspecies of oblonga)
• Donisthorpe, H. 1948g. A fourth instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12(1): 131-143 (page 133, subspecies of oblonga)
• Emery, C. 1914f. Les fourmis de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty. Nova Caled. A Zool. 1: 393-437 (page 405, subspecies of oblonga)
• Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63: 273-391 (page 324, status as species)
• Mayr, G. 1867a. Adnotationes in monographiam formicidarum Indo-Neerlandicarum. Tijdschr. Entomol. 10: 33-117 (page 94, combination in Vollenhovia)
• Smith, F. 1861b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo. [part] J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 6:36-48. (page 46, queen described)
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1955c. The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribe Solenopsidini. Am. Midl. Nat. 54: 119-141 (page 120, larva described)