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Vombisidris bilongrudi
| Vombisidris bilongrudi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Vombisidris |
| Species: | V. bilongrudi |
| Binomial name | |
| Vombisidris bilongrudi (Taylor, 1989)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -5.116666667° to -5.12033°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.
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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Paratype of Vombisidris bilongrudi. Worker. Specimen code casent0901985. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- bilongrudi. Leptothorax bilongrudi Taylor, 1989b: 605, figs. 1-3 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 11 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens.
- Type-locality: holotype Papua New Guinea: West Sepik Prov., Victor Emmanuel Range, 5°07’S, 141°38’E, nr Telefomin, 1550 m., 17-19.viii.1984, no. 305 (R.J. Kohout); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, KUPC, MCZC, MHNG, QMBA.
- Combination in Vombisidris: Bolton, 1991: 5.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1991: 5; Bolton, 1995b: 423; Xu & Yu, 2012: 1497 (in key).
- Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Type Material
- Leptothorax bilongrudi Taylor, 1989: Holotype, worker, Telefomin, Victor Emanuel Range, West Sepik Prov., Papua New Guinea, Kohout,R.J., ANIC32-007725, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Leptothorax bilongrudi Taylor, 1989: Paratype, 5 workers, 2 queens, Telefomin, Victor Emanuel Range, West Sepik Prov., Papua New Guinea, Kohout,R.J., ANIC32-007746, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Leptothorax bilongrudi Taylor, 1989: Paratype, 1 worker, Telefomin, Victor Emanuel Range, West Sepik Prov., Papua New Guinea, The Natural History Museum.
Description
References
- Taylor, R.W. (1989) Australian ants of the genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 27: 605-610. (page 605, figs. 1-3 worker described)
- Bolton, B. 1991. New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 1-13. (page 5, combination in Vombisidris)
- Jeenthong, T., Jaitrong, W., Tasen, W. 2023. A new species of the ant genus Vombisidris Bolton, 1991 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Thailand. Tropical Natural History 23: 105-113.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton B. 1991. New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 16:1-13.
- CSIRO Collection
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
- Lucky A., L. E. Alonso, E. Sarnat, and J. Hulr. 2015. Ants and scolytine beetles. In: Richards, S.J. and N. Whitmore (editors) 2015. A rapid biodiversity assessment of Papua New Guinea's Hindenburg Wall region. Wildlife Conservation Society Papua New Guinea Program. Goroka, PNG.
- Taylor R. W. 1989. Australasian ants of the genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27:605-610.