Nesomyrmex braunsi
Creators
Description
Nesomyrmex braunsi (Forel, 1912) Fig. 1j -l
Dilobocondyla (Tetramyrma) braunsi Forel, 1912: 767. For type information and synonyms, see Bolton (1982).
Description of worker
HL 1.225-1.287, HW 1.033-1.109, HW1 1.111-1.152, CI 83-88, SL 0.885-0.942, SI 83-88, PW 0.825-0.865, ML 1.541-1.628, EL 0.285-0.334, EI 27-30 (5 of 29 measured).
Description matches that of Bolton (1982).
Diagnosis
Nesomyrmex braunsi looks similar to N. simoni and N. saasveldensis but iseasily recognized by lacking spines on the propodeum, lacking hairs on the promesonotum (hairs abundant on promesonotum of the latter two species), and by being larger (HW 1.033-1.109 versus 0.783-0.884).
Biology
Specimens have been collected from pitfall, yellow pan,
and malaise traps, and by sweeping vegetation, in Nama-Karoo. Nest is in the soil; the entrance is in the open and can have a circle of soil round it.
Material examined
South Africa: Eastern Cape: Willowmore, [33°18'S 23°29'E], January 1913, Dr H. Brauns, SAM-HYM-C 004720; Western Cape: Elandsfontein farm, 32°18.14'S 22°56.85'E, Nama-Karoo on dolerite soils, Malaise trap, 24 April 2001, S. van Noort & H.G. Robertson, SAM-HYM-C 019119; Elandsfontein farm, Middelkamp, 32°17'47"S 23°0'6"E, Karoo on dolerite soils, circular nest entrance in open between bushes with scattering of soils round it, 22 February 2000, H.G. Robertson, SAM-HYM-C016133; Kamferskraal farm, 32°16.92'S 23°01.13'E, Nama-Karoo on dolerite soils, Pitfall, 22-29 April 2001, H.G. Robertson & R. Tourle, SAM-HYM-C019116; Kamferskraal farm, 32°13.92'S 23°01.13'E, Nama-Karoo on dolerite soils, Yellow pan trap, 22-29 April 2001, S. van Noort & D. Larsen, SAM-HYM-C019117; Kamferskraal farm, 32°13.61'S 22°58.43'E, Nama-Karoo on dolerite soils, Sweep, 20 April 2001, S. van Noort, SAM-HYM-C019118
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Identifiers
Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/C50D106DE366934383237937D7F7ACD9 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/B809D111A80C8A8916616E622341ECD9 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/100116464 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2000-02-22 , 2001-04-20 , 2001-04-22 , 2001-04-24
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Nesomyrmex
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- SAM-HYM-C 004720 , SAM-HYM-C 019119 , SAM-HYM-C016133 , SAM-HYM-C019116 , SAM-HYM-C019117 , SAM-HYM-C019118
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Forel
- Species
- braunsi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2000-02-22 , 2001-04-20 , 2001-04-22/29 , 2001-04-24
- Taxonomic concept label
- Nesomyrmex braunsi (Forel, 1912) sec. Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
References
- FOREL, A. 1912. Descriptions provisoires degenres, sous-genres, et especes de Formicides des Indes Orientales. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 20: 761 - 774.
- BOLTON, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History. Entomology 45: 307 - 370.