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Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)

Atta destructor Jerdon, 1851:105 - As Monomorium destructor: - 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, 1913Wheeler, W.M. 1913. Ants collected in the West Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 32:239-244. (distribution); Aguayo, 1932Aguayo, C.G. 1932. Notes on West Indian ants. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27:215-227. (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); Deyrup et al., 1988Deyrup, M., N. Carlin, J. Trager & G. Umphrey 1988. A review of the ants of the Florida Keys. The Florida Entomologist 71 (2):163-176. (distribution); Fontenla, 1994Fontenla, J.L. 1994. Mirmecofauna de la Península de Hicacos, Cuba. Avicennia 1:79-85. (distribution); Fontenla Rizo, 1995Fontenla Rizo, J.L. 1995. Reflexiones sobre las hormigas “vagabundas” de Cuba. Cocuyo 3:11-22. (distribution); Espadaler, X. & V. Bernal, 2003Espadaler, X. & V. Bernal 2003. Exotic ants in the Canary Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Vieraea 31:1-7. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (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); 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: Siboney-Juticí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 10. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-209. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Naranjo López et al., 2009Naranjo López, C., Cruz Portorreal, Y. & Mayea Martinez, Y. 2009. Artrópodos presentes en la putrefacción de cadáveres de cerdos (Sus scrofa) en Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44:441-447. (distribution); Reyes, 2010Reyes, J.L. 2010. Apuntes sobre una comunidad de hormigas sinantrópicas en Santiago de Cuba (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Cocuyo 18:44-47. (distribution); Collingwood, Agosti, Sharaf & van Harten, 2011Collingwood, C.A., Agosti, D., Sharaf, M.R. & A. van Harten 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. In: van Harten, A. (Ed.). Arthropod fauna of the UAE. 405-474. (distribution, listed); Fontenla Rizo & Matienzo Brito, 2011Fontenla Rizo, J.L. & Matienzo Brito, Y. 2011. Hormigas invasoras y vagabundas de Cuba. Fitosanidad 15 (4):253-259. (distribution). - As Trichomyrmex destructor: - 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); 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).
Myrmica basalis Smith, 1858:125
Myrmica atomaria Gerstäcker, 1859:263
Myrmica ominosa Gerstäcker, 1859:263
Myrmica gracillima Smith, 1861:34
Myrmica vexator Smith, 1861:47

Point distribution map Cuba


Number of specimens: 1-10    11-30    31-70    71-150    151-500    >500

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Literature

  • Aguayo, C.G. 1932. Notes on West Indian ants. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27:215-227.
  • Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.
  • AntWeb 2023. Ants. .
  • Collingwood, C.A., Agosti, D., Sharaf, M.R. & A. van Harten 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. In: van Harten, A. (Ed.). Arthropod fauna of the UAE. 405-474.
  • Deyrup, M., N. Carlin, J. Trager & G. Umphrey 1988. A review of the ants of the Florida Keys. The Florida Entomologist 71 (2):163-176.
  • Espadaler, X. & V. Bernal 2003. Exotic ants in the Canary Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Vieraea 31:1-7.
  • Fernández, F. & S. Sendoya 2004. List of Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biota Colombiana 5 (1):3-93.
  • 2005. Cuba: Siboney-Juticí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 10. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-209.
  • Fontenla Rizo, J.L. 1995. Reflexiones sobre las hormigas “vagabundas” de Cuba. Cocuyo 3:11-22.
  • Fontenla Rizo, J.L. & Matienzo Brito, Y. 2011. Hormigas invasoras y vagabundas de Cuba. Fitosanidad 15 (4):253-259.
  • 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.
  • Galkowski, C. 2016. Notes sur les fourmis de Guadeloupe (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. linn. Bordeaux 44 (1):25-36.
  • Jerdon, T.C. 1851. A catalogue of the species of ants found in Southern India. Madras J. Lit. Sci. 17:103-127.
  • Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (2):59-210.
  • 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.
  • Naranjo López, C., Cruz Portorreal, Y. & Mayea Martinez, Y. 2009. Artrópodos presentes en la putrefacción de cadáveres de cerdos (Sus scrofa) en Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44:441-447.
  • 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.
  • Reyes, J.L. 2010. Apuntes sobre una comunidad de hormigas sinantrópicas en Santiago de Cuba (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Cocuyo 18:44-47.
  • Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31.
  • 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. 1913. Ants collected in the West Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 32:239-244.
  • Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111.