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Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis (André, 1893)

Atta jamaicensis André, 1893:149 - André, 1893André, E. 1893. Description de quatre espèces nouvelles de fourmis d'Amérique. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 12:148-152. (distribution); Wheeler, 1905Wheeler, W.M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135. (distribution); Wheeler, 1908Wheeler, W.M. 1908. The ants of Jamaica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:159-163. (distribution); Wheeler, 1911Wheeler, W.M. 1911. Descriptions of some new fungus-growing ants from Texas, with Mr. C. G. Hartman's observations on their habits. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 19 (4):245-255. (distribution); Wheeler & Mann, 1914Wheeler, W.M. and W.M. Mann 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33:1-61. (distribution). - As Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis: - Solomon et al., 2019Solomon, S.E., C. Rabeling, J. Sosa-Calvo, C.T. Lopes, A. Rodrigues, H.L. Vasconcelos, M. Bacci Jr., U.G. Mueller & T.R. Schultz 2019. The molecular phylogenetics of Trachymyrmex Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher-attine’ ant agriculture. Systematic Entomology 44:939-956.:948 (comb. nov.); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution); Meurgey & Ramage, 2020Meurgey, F. & T. Ramage 2020. Challenging the Wallacean shortfall: A total assessment of insect diversity on Guadeloupe (French West Indies), a checklist and bibliography. Insecta Mundi 786:1-183. (distribution); AntWeb, 2023AntWeb 2023. Ants. . (distribution). - As Trachymyrmex jamaicensis: - Fontenla Rizo, 1993Fontenla Rizo, J.L. 1993. Mirmecofauna de Isla de la Juventud y de algunos cayos del archipiélago cubano. Poeyana 444:1-7. (distribution); Fontenla, 1994Fontenla, J.L. 1994. Mirmecofauna de la Península de Hicacos, Cuba. Avicennia 1:79-85. (distribution); Rodríguez Velázquez & Mestre Novoa, 2002Rodríguez Velázquez, D. & Mestre Novoa, N. 2002. Lista de los Collembola e Insecta (Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, Mantodea, Diptera e Hymenoptrera) de la Sierra de los Organos, Pinar del Río (Arthropoda: Hexapoda). Cocuyo 12:6-10. (distribution); Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136. (distribution); Fernández & Sendoya, 2004Fernández, F. & S. Sendoya 2004. List of Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biota Colombiana 5 (1):3-93. (distribution); Maceira et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional La Bayamesa. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 13. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-242. (distribution); Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007Mayhé-Nunes, A.J. & R.F. Brandão 2007. Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 3: The Jamaicensis group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1444:1-21. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); López Rojas, M., 2012López Rojas, M. 2012. Fauna de insectos en cayos del golfo de Ana María, Cuba. Revista de Investigaciones Marinas 32 (2):66-72. (distribution); Galkowski, 2016Galkowski, C. 2016. Notes sur les fourmis de Guadeloupe (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. linn. Bordeaux 44 (1):25-36. (distribution); Fontenla & Alfonso-Simonetti, 2018Fontenla, J.L. & J. Alfonso-Simonetti 2018. Classification of cuban ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups. Poeyana 506:21-30. (distribution); Lubertazzi, 2019Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (2):59-210. (distribution); AntWeb, 2023AntWeb 2023. Ants. . (distribution).
Atta sharpii Forel, 1893:372, xw. xw, Near Brighton Estate, 300 ft., Nov. 18th (leg. H.H. Smith). - Wheeler, 1905Wheeler, W.M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135. (distribution); Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007Mayhé-Nunes, A.J. & R.F. Brandão 2007. Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 3: The Jamaicensis group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1444:1-21.:13 ( listed as synonym of Trachymyrmex jamaicensis (André, 1893)). - As Trachymyrmex sharpi: - Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution).
Atta maritima Wheeler, 1905:107, xw.Andros and New Providence Islands. - Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007Mayhé-Nunes, A.J. & R.F. Brandão 2007. Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 3: The Jamaicensis group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1444:1-21.:13 ( listed as synonym of Trachymyrmex jamaicensis (André, 1893)).
Trachymyrmex jamaicensis frontalis Santschi, 1925:238 Synonymized with Trachymyrmex jamaicensis (André, 1893) by Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007Mayhé-Nunes, A.J. & R.F. Brandão 2007. Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 3: The Jamaicensis group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1444:1-21.:13. - Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530.:234 ( listed as synonym of Trachymyrmex jamaicensis (André, 1893)); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668.:301 ( listed as synonym of Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis (André, 1893)).
Trachymyrmex jamaicensis cubaёnsis Wheeler, 1937:459, 3 xww, coast below Pico Turquino, Sierra Maestra, June 26, 1936. Synonymized with Trachymyrmex jamaicensis (André, 1893) by Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007Mayhé-Nunes, A.J. & R.F. Brandão 2007. Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 3: The Jamaicensis group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1444:1-21.:13. - Wheeler, 1937Wheeler, W.M. 1937. Ants mostly from the mountains of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 81 (3):441-465. (distribution); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution); Reyes, 2005Reyes, J.L. 2005. Inventario de la colección de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36:279-283. (distribution); Fong et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional 'Alejandro de Humboldt'. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 14. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-368. (distribution); Fong et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Siboney-Juticí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 10. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-209. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Mycetomoellerius jamaicensis (André, 1893)

Distribution

BHSBahamas
 (Wheeler, 1905 [as Atta maritima Wheeler, 1905]; Wheeler, 1911; Fernández & Sendoya, 2004; Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007; AntWeb, 2023; AntWeb, 2023)
BRABrazil
 (AntWeb, 2023)
COLColombia
 (AntWeb, 2023)
CUBCuba
 (Wheeler, 1937 [as Trachymyrmex jamaicensis cubaensis Wheeler, 1937]; Alayo, 1973 [as Trachymyrmex jamaicensis cubaensis Wheeler, 1937]; Zayas, 1982 [as Trachymyrmex jamaicensis cubaensis Wheeler, 1937]; Fontenla Rizo, 1993; Fontenla, 1994; Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004; Reyes, 2005 [as Trachymyrmex jamaicensis cubaensis Wheeler, 1937]; Fong et al., 2005 [as Trachymyrmex jamaicensis cubaensis Wheeler, 1937]; Maceira et al., 2005; Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007; López Rojas, M., 2012; Fontenla & Alfonso-Simonetti, 2018; AntWeb, 2023; AntWeb, 2023)
CUB-PinCuba - Pinar del Río
 (Rodríguez Velázquez & Mestre Novoa, 2002)
CUB-SaCCuba - Santiago de Cuba
 (Fong et al., 2005 [as Trachymyrmex jamaicensis cubaensis Wheeler, 1937])
DOMDominican Republic
 (Lubertazzi, 2019; AntWeb, 2023; AntWeb, 2023)
GLPGuadeloupe
 (Galkowski, 2016; Meurgey & Ramage, 2020; AntWeb, 2023)
HISHispaniola
 (Perez-Gelabert, 2008; Perez-Gelabert, 2020)
HTIHaiti
 (Wheeler & Mann, 1914; Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007; Lubertazzi, 2019; AntWeb, 2023; AntWeb, 2023)
JAMJamaica
 (André, 1893; Wheeler, 1905; Wheeler, 1908; Wheeler, 1911; Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007; AntWeb, 2023; AntWeb, 2023)
PRIPuerto Rico
 (Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007; AntWeb, 2023; AntWeb, 2023)
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2007; AntWeb, 2023; AntWeb, 2023)
VCTSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
 (Forel, 1893 [as Atta sharpii Forel, 1893]; Ashmead, 1900 [as Trachymyrmex sharpi (Forel, 1893)]; Wheeler, 1905 [as Atta sharpii Forel, 1893]; Wheeler, 1911; AntWeb, 2023)

Literature

  • Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.
  • André, E. 1893. Description de quatre espèces nouvelles de fourmis d'Amérique. Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 12:148-152.
  • AntWeb 2023. Ants. .
  • Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367.
  • Fernández, F. & S. Sendoya 2004. List of Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biota Colombiana 5 (1):3-93.
  • 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional 'Alejandro de Humboldt'. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 14. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-368.
  • 2005. Cuba: Siboney-Juticí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 10. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-209.
  • Fontenla Rizo, J.L. 1993. Mirmecofauna de Isla de la Juventud y de algunos cayos del archipiélago cubano. Poeyana 444:1-7.
  • Fontenla, J.L. 1994. Mirmecofauna de la Península de Hicacos, Cuba. Avicennia 1:79-85.
  • Fontenla, J.L. & J. Alfonso-Simonetti 2018. Classification of cuban ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups. Poeyana 506:21-30.
  • Forel, A. 1893. Les Formicides. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1893:333-418.
  • Galkowski, C. 2016. Notes sur les fourmis de Guadeloupe (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. linn. Bordeaux 44 (1):25-36.
  • López Rojas, M. 2012. Fauna de insectos en cayos del golfo de Ana María, Cuba. Revista de Investigaciones Marinas 32 (2):66-72.
  • Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (2):59-210.
  • 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional La Bayamesa. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 13. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-242.
  • Mayhé-Nunes, A.J. & R.F. Brandão 2007. Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 3: The Jamaicensis group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1444:1-21.
  • Meurgey, F. & T. Ramage 2020. Challenging the Wallacean shortfall: A total assessment of insect diversity on Guadeloupe (French West Indies), a checklist and bibliography. Insecta Mundi 786:1-183.
  • Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530.
  • Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668.
  • Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136.
  • Reyes, J.L. 2005. Inventario de la colección de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36:279-283.
  • Rodríguez Velázquez, D. & Mestre Novoa, N. 2002. Lista de los Collembola e Insecta (Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, Mantodea, Diptera e Hymenoptrera) de la Sierra de los Organos, Pinar del Río (Arthropoda: Hexapoda). Cocuyo 12:6-10.
  • Santschi, F. 1925. Nouveaux Formicides brésiliens et autres. Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 65:221-247.
  • Solomon, S.E., C. Rabeling, J. Sosa-Calvo, C.T. Lopes, A. Rodrigues, H.L. Vasconcelos, M. Bacci Jr., U.G. Mueller & T.R. Schultz 2019. The molecular phylogenetics of Trachymyrmex Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher-attine’ ant agriculture. Systematic Entomology 44:939-956.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1908. The ants of Jamaica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:159-163.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1911. Descriptions of some new fungus-growing ants from Texas, with Mr. C. G. Hartman's observations on their habits. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 19 (4):245-255.
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1937. Ants mostly from the mountains of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 81 (3):441-465.
  • Wheeler, W.M. and W.M. Mann 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33:1-61.
  • Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111.