Neivamyrmex

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Neivamyrmex
Neivamyrmex pilosus casent0173529 profile 1.jpg
Neivamyrmex pilosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Dorylinae
Genus:
Neivamyrmex

Borgmeier, 1940
Diversity[1]
129 species
Synonyms

Acamatus Emery, 1894
Woitkowskia Enzmann, 1952

Neivamyrmex is a genus of army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.[2]

Range[]

Neivamyrmex species can be found from the central United States to southern Argentina.[3]

Taxonomy[]

As of 2021, 129 Neivamyrmex species have been identified.[3] However, most research pertaining to this genus is based on a single species, Neivamyrmex nigriscens, from which knowledge about Neivamyrmex overall is derived.[3] Many species are known based only on a small number of male individuals.[3]

Neivamyrmex andrei male

Biology[]

Neivamyrmex do not build permanent nests; instead, colonies are nomadic, establishing temporary bivouacs every night before moving on to a new location.[4] Most species are predominantly subterranean, but they will occasionally forage above ground at night or on cloudy days.[5] The larvae and pupae of other ant species are the principle food of Neivamyrmex, including ants of the genera Veromessor, Pheidole, Solenopsis, and Formica.[6]

Neivamyrmex nigrescens worker

Male Neivamyrmex possess wings, while queens are flightless.[7] Fertilization of queens may occur purely within the colony, with mating occurring between brothers and sisters, or unrelated males may fly in from foreign colonies to reproduce.[7] After being fertilized, new queens will found new colonies by leaving their natal colonies alongside a large number of workers.[7]

Species[]

  • (Wheeler, 1922)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • Varela Hernández & Castaño-Meneses, 2011
  • (Emery, 1890)
  • (Emery, 1901)
  • Watkins, 1974
  • (Emery, 1888)
  • (Forel, 1897)
  • Borgmeier, 1955
  • (Emery, 1894)
  • Watkins, 1973
  • (Emery, 1896)
  • (Forel, 1912)
  • (Mayr, 1870)
  • (Forel, 1913)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (Emery, 1894)
  • Watkins, 1986
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (Forel, 1912)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • Watkins, 1975
  • Watkins, 1990
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (André, 1889)
  • Watkins, 1994
  • (Borgmeier, 1933)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (Forel, 1912)
  • (Forel, 1912)
  • Watkins, 1975
  • (Borgmeier, 1933)
  • (Shuckard, 1840)
  • † Wilson, 1985
  • (Wheeler, 1921)
  • (Santschi, 1921)
  • Özdikmen, 2010
  • (Westwood, 1842)
  • (Emery, 1900)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (Forel, 1913)
  • (Smith, 1942)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (Forel, 1901)
  • (Mann, 1926)
  • Borgmeier, 1955
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (Shuckard, 1840)
  • (Santschi, 1916)
  • (Shuckard, 1840)
  • (Haldeman, 1852)
  • (Mayr, 1886)
  • (Shuckard, 1840)
  • (Borgmeier, 1939)
  • (Forel, 1908)
  • (Emery, 1900)
  • (Mann, 1922)
  • (Santschi, 1921)
  • Borgmeier, 1958
  • Borgmeier, 1950
  • (Forel, 1901)
  • Snelling & Snelling, 2007
  • (Shuckard, 1840)
  • (Enzmann, 1952)
  • (Borgmeier, 1948)
  • (Emery, 1901)
  • (Smith, 1855)
  • (Wheeler, 1915)
  • (Emery, 1900)
  • (Forel, 1913)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (Menozzi, 1931)
  • (Smith, 1942)
  • (Wheeler, 1914)
  • (Santschi, 1926)
  • (Emery, 1900)
  • Kempf, 1961
  • (Emery, 1895)
  • (Haldeman, 1852)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • Borgmeier, 1955
  • (Borgmeier, 1928)
  • (Cresson, 1872)
  • (Borgmeier, 1933)
  • (Smith, 1943)
  • Watkins, 1969
  • Snelling & Snelling, 2007
  • Neivamyrmex nigrescens (Cresson, 1872)
  • (Holmgren, 1908)
  • Watkins, 1977
  • Neivamyrmex opacithorax (Emery, 1894)
  • (Borgmeier, 1933)
  • Borgmeier, 1955
  • (Wheeler, 1903)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (Shuckard, 1840)
  • (Emery, 1900)
  • Neivamyrmex pilosus (Smith, 1858)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (Emery, 1906)
  • (Borgmeier, 1934)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (Forel, 1909)
  • Borgmeier, 1955
  • Borgmeier, 1955
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (Emery, 1894)
  • Watkins, 1975
  • (Emery, 1900)
  • (Forel, 1911)
  • (Shuckard, 1840)
  • (Forel, 1911)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (Emery, 1900)
  • (Borgmeier, 1939)
  • (Forel, 1899)
  • (Mayr, 1868)
  • (Norton, 1868)
  • Neivamyrmex swainsonii (Shuckard, 1840)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • Neivamyrmex texanus Watkins, 1972
  • (Forel, 1901)
  • Borgmeier, 1953
  • (Westwood, 1842)
  • Snelling & Snelling, 2007

References[]

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Neivamyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Genus: Neivamyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Neivamyrmex - AntWiki". www.antwiki.org. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  4. ^ Mirenda, John T.; Topoff, Howard (1980). "Nomadic behavior of army ants in a desert-grassland habitat". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 7 (2): 129–135. doi:10.1007/BF00299518. S2CID 19375746 – via SpringerLink.
  5. ^ Fisher, Brian L.; Cover, Stefan P. (2007). Ants of North America: A Guide to the Genera. University of California Press. pp. 118–. ISBN 978-0-520-93455-9.
  6. ^ Ward, Philip S. (1999). "Deceptive similarity in army ants of the genus Neivamyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): taxonomy, distribution and biology of N. californicus (Mayr) and N. nigrescens (Cresson)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 8: 74–97 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  7. ^ a b c Smith, Marion R. (1942). "The Legionary Ants of the United States Belonging to Eciton Subgenus Neivamyrmex Borgmeier". The American Midland Naturalist. 27 (3): 537–590. doi:10.2307/2420913. JSTOR 2420913 – via JSTOR.

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