Paratopula macta

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Paratopula macta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Paratopula
Species: P. macta
Binomial name
Paratopula macta
Bolton, 1988

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Specimen Label

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 14.362775° to 14.362775°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Brunei Darussalam (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia (type locality), Philippines.
Oriental Region: Laos, Thailand.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

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Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0178561. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Male (alate). Specimen code casent0178562. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0178563. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • macta. Paratopula macta Bolton, 1988b: 140, fig. 2 (w.q.) BORNEO (Brunei; East Malaysia: Sabah, Sarawak), PHILIPPINES (Luzon I., Negros I.).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
    • Type-locality: holotype Brunei: Ulu Temburong, 16-22.ii.1982, LP283MT (M.C. Day); paratype Malaysia: Sabah, Danum Valley, 10.xi.1986 (P. Eggleton).
    • Type-depositories: BMNH (holotype); MCZC (paratype).
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 312; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 31; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 48; Xu & Xu, 2011: 595 (in key); Jaitrong, Guénard, et al. 2016: 38; Luo & Guénard, 2017: 10 (in key).
    • Distribution: Brunei, Laos, Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Philippines (Luzon, Negros), Thailand.

Type Material

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bolton B. 1988. A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 124: 125-143
  • Jaitrong W., B. Guenard, E. P. Economo, N. Buddhakala, and S. Yamane. 2016. A checklist of known ant species of Laos (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Asian Myrmecology 8: 1-32. DOI: 10.20362/am.008019
  • Jaitrong W.; Nabhitabhata, J. 2005. A list of known ant species of Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(1): 9-54.
  • Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
  • Sheela S., 2008. First record of the rare ant Paratopula ceylonica Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Uttar Pradesh, India with a note to the genus. J. Exp. Zool. India 11(2): 423-425.
  • Xu Z. H., and G. L. Xu. 2011. A new species of the genus Paratopula Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Tibet. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 36(3): 595-57.