Cryptopone nicobarensis

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Cryptopone nicobarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Cryptopone
Species: C. nicobarensis
Binomial name
Cryptopone nicobarensis
Forel, 1905

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India.

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nicobarensis. Cryptopone nicobarensis Forel, 1905b: 166 (q.) INDIA (Nicobar Is).
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: India: Nicobar Is.
    • Type-depository: ZMUC.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 88; Wheeler, W.M. 1933g: 6; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 166; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013b: 4 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 49.
    • Distribution: India (Andaman Is, Nicobar Is).

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
  • Forel A. 1905. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1933. Three obscure genera of ponerine ants. American Museum Novitates 672: 1-23.