Rogeria creightoni (lat.) - a species of ants of the genus Rogeria from the subfamily of myrmycin (Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini ). Neotropics. The species name is given in honor of the worldmecologist William Steel Creighton ( William Steel Creighton , 1902-1973), the author of the first major review of North American ants.
| Rogeria creightoni |
Ant Rogeria creightoni |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
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| International scientific name |
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Rogeria creightoni Snelling, 1973 |
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Rogeria creightoni , side view
They are found in Central and North America : from southern Texas ( USA ) to Panama . In Mexico, found at an altitude of up to 1,500 m, and in Costa Rica at sea level [1] [2] .
Small earthy ants are tan. Body length about 3 mm (2.4 to 3.5 mm). It differs from similar species in the following features: a flat, dosed surface of the chest (the methanotum does not interrupt the profile contour of the mesosome), and the sides of the head are wrinkled and reticulate. Workers . Posterior breast with acute propodeal spines. Antennae long 12-segmented, club 3-segmented (apical segment long, equal in length to the two previous segments of the club). Zhval workers with 5-7 teeth. The mandibular palps are 3-segmented, the lower labial palps are composed of 2 segments. Antennal grooves absent. Clypeus is biciliform. The eyes are small (about 10 facets), located in the anterolateral part of the head. The head is wider at the back; occipital margins rounded. The chest is flat from above, without seams. Anteroventral margins of pronotum angular or with denticles. There is no methanotal groove. Shins of middle and hind legs without apical spurs. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments ( petiol + postpetiol). Petiol with developed stem and nodule. Pupa naked (without cocoon). The sting is developed [1] [2] .
One of the most environmentally plastic and widespread species of its kind. However, his biology remains little studied, there is only fragmentary information about the ecological characteristics of habitats. Rogeria creightoni ants have wide environmental preferences and have been found in both humid and dry climates. Nests and ants were found in the acacia savannah, in coastal forests, in a palm forest, tropical and pine-oak forests, thickets of cecropia and on a cocoa plantation. Most of them were taken from the litter sheet. Some samples from Belize were under a nest of termites, and others in orchids [1] .
The species was first described in 1973 by the American hymenopterologist Roy Snelling ( Roy R. Snelling , 1934-2008; Los Angeles Museum of Natural History , Los Angeles , USA ). Included in the species group creightoni species group. Species status was confirmed during an audit in 1994 by the American worldmecologist Charles Kugler ( Radford University , Radford , Virginia , USA ). This species is named after William Steel Creighton (1902-1973; Department of Biology, City College New York), a major American worldmecologist [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] .
