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Austroponera castaneicolor
| Austroponera castaneicolor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Austroponera |
| Species: | A. castaneicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Austroponera castaneicolor (Dalla Torre, 1893)
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This species has winged queens unlike the co-occuring sibling species Austroponera castanea that is reported to have ergatoid queens (Wilson and Taylor 1967). Little else is known about the biology of Austroponera castaneicolor. It is not clear how Brown's notes about the biology of this other species (Brown 1958) may be a combination of observations about both of these Austroponera.
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -38.4° to -41.288965°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Zealand (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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
Queen
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| Specimen code castaneicolor. . | |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- castanea. Ponera castanea Smith, 1876c: 489 (w.q.) NEW ZEALAND.
- Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: New Zealand: North Island, Tairua, nr Mercury Bay (Brown).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- [Junior primary homonym of Ponera castanea Mayr, 1865: 69.]
- Junior synonym of castanea Mayr: Forel, 1892c: 334; Forel, 1905a: 353.
- Replacement name: Ponera castaneicolor Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 38.
- castaneicolor. Ponera castaneicolor Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 38.
- Replacement name for Ponera castanea Smith, F. 1876c: 489. [Junior primary homonym of Ponera castanea Mayr, 1865: 69.]
- Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 103 (q.).
- Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1911d: 81;
- combination in Mesoponera: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 103;
- combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 303;
- combination in Austroponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 182.
- Junior synonym of castanea Mayr: Forel, 1905a: 353; Emery, 1911d: 81.
- Status as species: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 103; Taylor, 1987a: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 303; Don, 2007: 70.
- Distribution: New Zealand.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 303, Combination in Pachycondyla)
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 38, Replacement name for castanea Smith, F.)
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 81, Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera))
- Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).
- Smith, F. 1876c. Descriptions of three new species of Hymenoptera (Formicidae) from New Zealand. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1876: 489-492 (page 489, replaced name)
- Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pac. Insects Monogr. 14: 1-109 (page 103, Combination in Mesoponera)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Stringer L. D., A. E. A. Stephens, D. M. Suckling, and J. G. Charles. 2009. Ant dominance in urban areas. Urban Ecosyst. 12: 503-514.
- Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
- Ward D. 2005. Changes to the classification of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Weta 30: 16-18.
- Ward D.F. 2009. The diversity, community composition and seasonality of native and introduced ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in northern New Zealand. Myrmecological News 12: 195-200.
- Ward DF. 2009. The diversity, community composition and seasonality of native and introduced ants in northern New Zealand. Myrmecological News 12: 195-205
- Wilson EO, Taylor RW. 1967. The ants of Polynesia. Pacific Insects Monograph 14:1-109.