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Species: Nesomyrmex spininodis   (Mayr, 1887) 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Leptothorax spininodis Mayr, 1887 PDF: 617 (w.m.) BRAZIL. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Forel, 1912h PDF: 18 (q.).
Combination in Nesomyrmex (Goniothorax): Emery, 1896g PDF: 59 (in key); in Nesomyrmex (Nesomyrmex): Kempf, 1959d: 427; in Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 272.
Subspecies of Nesomyrmex echinatinodis: Forel, 1899B: 55; Emery, 1924f: 250.
Revived status as species and senior synonym of Nesomyrmex genualia, Nesomyrmex umbratilis: Kempf, 1959d: 427.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Neotropical Region: Americas, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraguay, South America, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Trujillo, Venezuela, Ñeembucú

Distribution Notes:

Paraguay: Canindeyú, Central, Cordillera, Misiones, Ñeembucú, Paraguarí, Pte. Hayes

Brasil: Porto Murtinho

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Treatment Citation: Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55

spininodis (MayrHNS 1887).

Canindeyú, Central, Cordillera, Misiones, Ñeembucú, Paraguarí, Pte. Hayes (ALWC, IFML, INBP, LACM, MZSP). Literature records: “Paraguay” (s. loc.) (Emery 1896b).

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in Port of entry, 1 times found in scrub veg., 1 times found in tropical dry forest.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times Roadside veg., small farms, coffee. Nest in dead Piper branch., 1 times on orchid plants, 1 times Mantis Ei o(?)ra, 1 times general collecting, 1 times ex dead twig of Ficus.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times pan trap, 1 times search.

Elevations: collected from 100 - 600 meters, 326 meters average

Type specimens: syntype of Leptothorax spininodis: casent0919734; syntype of Leptothorax genualia: casent0913001



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