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Vombisidris philax
| Vombisidris philax | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Vombisidris |
| Species: | V. philax |
| Binomial name | |
| Vombisidris philax Bolton, 1991
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The types were obtained by fogging a forest tree with pyrethrum.
Identification
A member of the philax 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.
- philax. Vombisidris philax Bolton, 1991: 6, fig. 4 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 3 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga Bone N.P., 400 m., 11.ii.1985, fog 5, BMNH plot C (N. Stork); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: BMNH (holotype); BMNH, MCZC (paratypes).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 423; Xu & Yu, 2012: 1498 (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 3.6, HL 0.82, HW 0.72, CI 88, SL 0.64, Sl 89, PW 0.54, AL 1.00. Maximum diameter of eye 0.17 (0.24 x HW) and with 11 ommatidia in the longest row. Cephalic dorsum with a fine dense rugoreticulum everywhere. Subocular groove complete. Sides of head weakly convergent behind eyes. Alitrunk long and low, reticulate-rugulose everywhere. Lateral edge of mesonotum with a small vertical triangular tooth on each side. Propodeal spines very long and strongly arched along their length. Propodeal declivity with fine transverse rugulae. Metanotal groove absent. Petiolar spiracle slightly behind midlength of peduncle. Petiole and postpetiole reticulate-rugulose. Basal two-thirds of first gastral tergite densely sculptured, with long coarse basigastral costulae, longitudinal rugulae and densely sculptured spaces between the rugular sculpture. All dorsal surfaces of body with dense fine pilosity. Colour uniformly yellow.
Paratype. TL 3.4-3.6, HL 0.78-0.80, HW 0.68-0.72, CI 87 -90, SL 0.60-0.64, SI 88-90, PW 0.50-0.54, AL 0.96-1.02. Maximum diameter of eye 0.16-0.17 (0.23- 0.24 x HW) (3 measured). As holotype.
Type Material
Holotype worker, INDONESIA: Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga Bone NP, fog 5, The Natural History Museum plot C, 400 m, II.ii.1985 (N. Stork) (The Natural History Museum). Paratypes, 3 workers with same data as holotype (BMNH; Museum of Comparative Zoology).
References
- Bolton, B. 1991. New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 1-13. (page 6, fig. 4 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.