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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Ectatomminae » Gnamptogenys » Gnamptogenys hartmani

Species Gnamptogenys hartmani

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food
Gnamptogenys hartmani - female Gnamptogenys hartmani - female Gnamptogenys hartmani - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Ectatomminae
Genus Gnamptogenys
Species hartmani (Gnamptogenys hartmani)
Explanation of Names
Type specimen described by Wheeler in 1915 from Huntsville TX
Identification
A rarely collected species. Distinguished from the only other US ectatommine species (Gnamptogenys triangularis) by its smaller size, lighter color, and lack of propodeal spines.
Range
A seemingly continuous distribution from TX and LA to northern Argentina. Within the US, sparse records exist from Louisiana east of the Mississippi to east central Texas
Habitat
Rarely seen above ground and most collections are from single workers or from excavations of prey attine nests (UT Austin has a few specimens from pitfall traps). In the US they are sometimes found temporarily residing in recently raided Trachymyrmex nests.
Food
Reported to be a predator of attine fungus growing ants. Preys on Trachymyrmex septentrionalis in the US but also a few tropical genera further south in the tropics
Contributed by James C. Trager on 15 December, 2013 - 12:22pm
Additional contributions by Steven Wang
Last updated 7 October, 2018 - 4:03am

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