Dacetinops ignotus

Dacetinops ignotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Dacetinops
Species:	D. ignotus
Binomial name
Dacetinops ignotus Taylor, 1985 Specimen labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -3.089444444° to -8.949999809°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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.

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.

Castes

.	Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Nomenclature

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

• ignotus. Dacetinops ignotus Taylor, 1985: 62, figs. 25-27 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 11 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens.
  • Type-locality: holotype Papua New Guinea: Northern Prov., 8 km. S Kokoda (8°57’S, 147°43’E), ca 800 m., 8.vi.1972, ANIC berlesates 382, 389 (R.W. Taylor); paratypes: 3 workers, 2 queens with same data, 2 workers Kokoda, 6.iv.1972 (P.M. Room), 1 worker nr Kokoda, ca 500 m., 1.vi.1972 (R.W. Taylor), 3 workers Popondetta, 6,15.ii.1972 (P.M. Room), 1 worker nr Popondetta, <50 m., 31.v.1972 (R.W. Taylor), 1 worker nr Dobodura, on Samboga River, 100 ft, 14.i.1971 (B.B. Lowery).
  • Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, MHNG (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 168.
  • Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

References

• Taylor, R. W. 1985. The ants of the Papuasian genus Dacetinops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Pp. 41-67 in: Ball, G. E. (ed.) Taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography of beetles and ants: a volume dedicated to the memory of Philip Jackson Darlington (page 62, figs. 25-27 worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• CSIRO Collection
• Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
• Lucky A., L. E. Alonso, E. Sarnat, and J. Hulr. 2015. Ants and scolytine beetles. In: Richards, S.J. and N. Whitmore (editors) 2015. A rapid biodiversity assessment of Papua New Guinea's Hindenburg Wall region. Wildlife Conservation Society Papua New Guinea Program. Goroka, PNG.
• Snelling R. R. 1998. Insect Part 1: The social Hymenoptera. In Mack A. L. (Ed.) A Biological Assessment of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea, RAP 9. 189 ppages
• Snelling R. R. 2000. Ants of the Wapoga river area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. In Mack, Andrew L. and Leeanne E. Alonso (eds.). 2000. A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 14, Conservation International, Washington, DC.
• Taylor, R. W. 1985. The ants of the Papuasian genus Dacetinops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Pp. 41-67 in: Ball, G. E. (ed.) 1985. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and zoogeography of beetles and ants: a volume dedicated to the memory of Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr., 1904-1983. Series Entomologica (Dordrecht) 33:1-514.