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Hymenoptera: Formicidae) University of California Press (University of California, Office of the President) Year Paper vol Taxonomic Revision of the Ant Genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Alexander L. Wild University of Arizona This paper is posted at the eScholarship Repository, University of California. http://repositories.cdlib.org/ucpress/ucpe/vol 126 Copyright c 2007 by the author. Taxonomic Revision of the Ant Genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Abstract The primarily Neotropical dolichoderine ant genus Linepithema is revised at the species level for the first time. Morphological and biogeographic data support the recognition of 19 species. The following taxonomic scheme is pro- posed: L. angulatum (Emery) stat. nov. [= pordescens (Wheeler) syn. nov.], L. dispertitum (Forel), L. flavescens (Wheeler & Mann) stat. nov., L. fuscum Mayr, L. gallardoi (Br`ethes) [=breviscapa (Santschi) syn. nov. = impotens (Santschi) syn. nov.], L. humile (Mayr) [=arrogans (Chopard) = riograndense (Borgmeier)], L. iniquum (Mayr) [= bicolor (Forel) syn. nov. = dominicense (Wheeler) syn. nov. = fuscescens (Wheeler) syn. nov. = melleum (Wheeler) syn. nov. = nigellum (Emery) syn. nov. = succineum (Forel) syn. nov.], L. keiteli (Forel) [= subfaciatum (Wheeler & Mann) syn. nov.], L. leucomelas (Emery) [= aspidocoptum (Kempf) syn. nov.], L. micans (Forel) stat. nov. [= platense (Forel) syn. nov. = scotti (Santschi) syn. nov.], L. oblongum (Santschi), L. piliferum (Mayr). Seven species are described as new: L. anath- ema sp. nov., L. aztecoides sp. nov., L. cerradense sp. nov., L. cryptobioticum sp. nov., L. neotropicum sp. nov., L. pulex sp. nov., and L. tsachila sp. nov.. Seventeen species are sorted into one of four groups associated with the species L. fuscum, L. humile, L. iniquum, or L. neotropicum, and two species are left unassigned. New generic diagnoses are provided for worker, male, and queen castes, and Shattuck’s (1992a) generic descriptions of the worker, male, and queen castes are modified slightly to take into account expanded knowledge of character state variation. Worker and, where known, male and queen castes are described. Diagnoses, illustrations, and keys are supplied for worker and male castes. Discussions of variation, comparisons to similar species, and nomenclat- ural issues are given for each species, as well as synopses of life history traits such as queen number, colony structure, geographic distribution, nest site and habitat records, and associations with parasitoid Pseudacteon flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Taxonomic Revision of the Ant Genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Alexander L. Wild Taxonomic Revision of the Ant Genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Alexander L. Wild University of California Press Berkeley • Los Angeles • London University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Publications in Entomology, Volume 126 Editorial Board: Bradford A. Hawkins, John Heraty, Lynn S. Kimsey, Serguei V. Triapitsyn, Penny Gullan, Philip S. Ward, Kipling Willy University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 2007 by The Regents of the University of California Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wild, Alexander L., 1973- Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) / Alexander L. Wild. p. cm. -- (University of California publications in entomology ; v. 126) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-520-09858-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Linepithema--Classifi cation. I. Title. QL568.F7W628 2007 595.79ʼ6--dc22 2007000110 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper).{∞} CONTENTS Acknowledgements, vi Abstract, vii Introduction ………………………………………………………………………… 1 Materials and Methods ……………………………………………………………… 5 Taxonomic Results ………………………………………………………………… 13 Generic diagnoses of Linepithema worker, queen, and male castes, 13 Table 1: Diagnoses of species groups, 16 Taxonomic synopsis of Linepithema species, 17 Key to the species of Linepithema based on workers, 19 Key to the species of Linepithema based on males, 24 Species synopses, 27 L. anathema sp. nov. , 27 L. angulatum stat. nov., 29 L. aztecoides sp. nov. , 34 L. cerradense sp. nov. , 37 L. cryptobioticum sp. nov. , 41 L. dispertitum , 43 L. flavescens stat. nov., 49 L. fuscum , 51 L. gallardoi , 55 L. humile , 61 L. iniquum , 67 L. keiteli , 76 L. leucomelas , 81 L. micans stat. nov., 85 L. neotropicum sp. nov. , 91 L. oblongum , 97 L. piliferum , 101 L. pulex sp. nov. , 105 L. tsachila sp. nov. , 109 Literature Cited …………………………………………………………………… 114 Figures …………………………………………………………………………… 120 v vi University of California Publications in Entomology ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Phil Ward, Jack Longino, Roy Snelling, Penny Gullan, Beto Brandão, Barry Bolton, and Jo-anne Holley made valuable comments on the manuscript. I would like to thank Bolivar R. Garcete-Barrett, the U. S. Peace Corps, and the Fundación Moises Bertoni for their help in Paraguay. Juan Vieira and David Donoso (QCAZ) provided valuable assistance in Ecuador, as did Jack Schuster in Guatemala and Kelvin Guerrero in the Dominican Republic. Nicole Heller assisted in the field in Argentina. Fabiana Cuezzo (IFML), Roberto Brandão (MZSP), Giovanni Onore (QCAZ), Stefan Schoedl (NHMW), Roberto Poggi (MCSN), Bernhard Merz (MHNG), Daniel Burkhardt (NHMB), and Barry Bolton (BMNH) made possible visits to their respective museums. Stefan Cover, Jack Longino, Bill MacKay, Jes Pedersen, Leo Rivera, Thibaut Delsinne, Andy Suarez, Ted Schultz, Jarbas Queiroz, Jo-anne Holley and Roy Snelling provided me with useful material. Jo-anne Holley helped in the preparation of figures. This work was made possible by financial support from the United States National Science Foundation grant #0234691, by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and by grants from the University of California at Davis: Jastro Shields, Center for Population Biology, and Center for Biosystematics. Taxonomic Revision of the Ant Genus Linepithema vii ABSTRACT The primarily Neotropical dolichoderine ant genus Linepithema is revised at the species level for the first time. Morphological and biogeographic data support the recognition of 19 species. The following taxonomic scheme is proposed: L. angulatum (Emery) stat. nov. [= pordescens (Wheeler) syn. nov. ], L. dispertitum (Forel), L. flavescens (Wheeler & Mann) stat. nov., L. fuscum Mayr, L. gallardoi (Brèthes) [= breviscapa (Santschi) syn. nov. = impotens (Santschi) syn. nov. ], L. humile (Mayr) [= arrogans (Chopard) = riograndense (Borgmeier)], L. iniquum (Mayr) [= bicolor (Forel) syn. nov. = dominicense (Wheeler) syn. nov. = fuscescens (Wheeler) syn. nov. = melleum (Wheeler) syn. nov. = nigellum (Emery) syn. nov . = succineum (Forel) syn. nov. ], L. keiteli (Forel) [= subfaciatum (Wheeler & Mann) syn. nov. ], L. leucomelas (Emery) [= aspidocoptum (Kempf) syn. nov. ], L. micans (Forel) stat. nov. [= platense (Forel) syn. nov. = scotti (Santschi) syn. nov .], L. oblongum (Santschi), L. piliferum (Mayr). Seven species are described as new: L. anathema sp. nov. , L. aztecoides sp. nov. , L. cerradense sp. nov. , L. cryptobioticum sp. nov. , L. neotropicum sp. nov. , L. pulex sp. nov. , and L. tsachila sp. nov. Seventeen species are sorted into one of four groups associated with the species L. fuscum , L. humile , L. iniquum , or L. neotropicum , and two species are left unassigned. New generic diagnoses are provided for worker, male, and queen castes, and Shattuck’s (1992a) generic descriptions of the worker, male, and queen castes are modified slightly to take into account expanded knowledge of character state variation. Worker and, where known, male and queen castes are described. Diagnoses, illustrations, and keys are supplied for worker and male castes. Discussions of variation, comparisons to similar species, and nomenclatural issues are given for each species, as well as synopses of life history traits such as queen number, colony structure, geographic distribution, nest site and habitat records, and associations with parasitoid Pseudacteon flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Key words: Linepithema, taxonomy, Formicidae, systematics, monograph, natural history. INTRODUCTION Linepithema ants are a common but often overlooked element of the Neotropical myrmecofauna. These small, monomorphic dolichoderine ants are native to a variety of forest, grassland, and montane habitats in Central and South America and the Caribbean. The genus is widely recognized for the pestiferous Argentine ant L. humile (Mayr), an insect that has received considerable attention for its invasive behavior in Mediterranean climates worldwide (Roura-Pascual et al. 2004), but Linepithema also contains nearly twenty additional species, some of them locally abundant, about which little is known. The present paper attempts the first synthesis of the natural history and taxonomy of this rich and previously neglected group. Natural history. The native range of Linepithema extends from the highlands of northern Mexico east into the Caribbean and south to northern
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