Vombisidris occidua

Vombisidris occidua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Vombisidris
Species:	V. occidua
Binomial name
	Vombisidris occidua; Bolton, 1991 Specimen Labels

The type was swept from low vegetation.

Identification

A member of the australis group

Keys including this Species

Key to Vombisidris workers

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 12.19999981° to 12.19999981°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

occidua. Vombisidris occidua Bolton, 1991: 8, fig. 6 (w.) INDIA (Karnataka).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: India: 25 km. W Mudigere, 3.xi.1979 (J. Noyes).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 423; Xu & Yu, 2012: 1499 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 48.
- Distribution: India.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

TL 4.0, HL 0.90, HW 0.79, CI 88, SL 0.60, SI 76, PW 0.58, AL 1.12. Maximum diameter of eye 0.18 (0.23 x HW) and with 11 ommatidia in the longest row. Cephalic dorsum finely reticulate-rugulose everywhere. Subocular groove complete. Sides of head behind eyes feebly convergent posteriorly. Alitrunk reticulate-rugulose, sides of mesonotum shallowly convex in dorsal view, not angular. Metanotal groove absent. Petiole and postpetiole finely reticulate-rugulose, petiole spiracle in front of midlength of peduncle. Basigastral costulae vestigial. First gastral tergite with extremely faint scratch-like superficial patterning on an otherwise smooth surface. Hairs on all dorsal surfaces elongate fine and acute apically. Head and alitrunk dark brown, gaster lighter brown, legs yellow.

Type Material

Holotype worker, INDIA: 25 km W. of Mudigere, 3.xi.1979 (J. Noyes) (The Natural History Museum).

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