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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) » Army Ants (Dorylinae) » Army Ants (Ecitonini) » Common Army Ants (Neivamyrmex) » Neivamyrmex mandibula

Species Neivamyrmex mandibula

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Legionary Ant male, lateral - Neivamyrmex mandibula - male Legionary Ant male, dorsal - Neivamyrmex mandibula - male Legionary Ant male, ventral - Neivamyrmex mandibula - male Legionary Ant male, dorso-lateral head - Neivamyrmex mandibula - male Legionary Ant male, lateral head - Neivamyrmex mandibula - male Legionary Ant male, anterior head - Neivamyrmex mandibula - male Legionary Ant male, latero-ventral genitalia - Neivamyrmex mandibula - male
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 Dorylinae (Army Ants)
Tribe Ecitonini (Army Ants)
Genus Neivamyrmex (Common Army Ants)
Species mandibula (Neivamyrmex mandibula)
Explanation of Names
Neivamyrmex mandibularis (M. R. Smith) NEW [full species] STATUS per Snelling and Snelling (2007)(1)
Orig. Comb: Eciton (Neivamyrmex) pilosus subsp. mandibulare M. R. Smith, 1942
Range
AZ-NM / Mex. (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Arizona, 30 mi E Quijotoa, Pima Co.
See Also
From Snelling and Snelling (2007) (1)
Inner margin of mandible moderately convex at midlength; paramere narrowly rounded at apex ....................................................pilosus
Inner margin of mandible straight or weakly convex at midlength; paramere blunt and broadly truncate at apex ...........................mandibularis
Works Cited
1.New synonymy, new species, new keys to Neivamyrmex army ants of the United States
Gordon C. Snelling and Roy R. Snelling. 2007. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol 80: 459-550.
Contributed by v belov on 4 January, 2014 - 11:58pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 January, 2014 - 8:56am

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