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Vombisidris lochme
| Vombisidris lochme | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Vombisidris |
| Species: | V. lochme |
| Binomial name | |
| Vombisidris lochme Bolton, 1991
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The type was collected by pyrethrum fogging of a forest tree.
Identification
A member of the dryas group
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), 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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- lochme. Vombisidris lochme Bolton, 1991: 7, fig. 9 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga Bone N.P., 400 m., 11.ii.1985, pyrethrum fog 5, BMNH plot C (N. Stork).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 423; Xu & Yu, 2012: 1499 (in key).
- Distribution: Indonesia: Sulawesi.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Holotype. TL 3.5, HL 0.78, HW 0.70, CI 90, SL 0.50, SI 71, PW 0.54, AL 0.98. Maximum diameter of eye 0.19 (0.27 x HW) and with 9-10 ommatidia in the longest row. Cephalic dorsum finely reticulate-rugose. Subocular groove complete. Sides of head divergent behind eyes. Metanotal groove broad in dorsal view, markedly impressed in profile. Alitrunk reticulate-rugose. In dorsal view sides of mesonotum angular, the angles accentuated by a thin cuticular crest on each side. Petiole and postpetiole reticulate-rugose. Spiracle of petiole very close to articulation with alitrunk. Gaster with very short basigastral costulae, the first tergite finely superficially reticulate everywhere. All dorsal surfaces with relatively short blunt pilosity. Colour uniformly yellow.
Type Material
Holotype worker, Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga Bone NP, fog 5, 400 m, The Natural History Museum plot C, ll.ii.1985 (N. Stork) (The Natural History Museum).
References
- Bolton, B. 1991. New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 1-13. (page 7, fig. 9 worker described)
- 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.