Odontomachus testaceus

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Odontomachus testaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Odontomachus
Species: O. testaceus
Binomial name
Odontomachus testaceus
Emery, 1897

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

A member of the Odontomachus tyrannicus group.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -5.26569° to -9.25°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality).

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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Syntype of Odontomachus gulosusWorker. Specimen code casent0903992. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.
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Syntype of Odontomachus testaceusWorker. Specimen code casent0905744. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

  • testaceus. Odontomachus tyrannicus var. testacea Emery, 1897d: 557 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Haveri (L. Loria).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Subspecies of tyrannicus: Emery, 1911d: 113; Donisthorpe, 1947c: 579; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 47.
    • Status as species: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106, 162; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
    • Senior synonym of gulosus: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
    • Senior synonym of nigrifrons: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
    • Senior synonym of nubila: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.
  • gulosus. Odontomachus gulosus Emery, 1901h: 160 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Sattelberg (L. Biró).
    • Type-depositories: HNHM, MSNG.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1911c: 250; Emery, 1911d: 113; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 515; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 42.
    • Junior synonym of testaceus: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 295.
  • nigrifrons. Odontomachus nigrifrons Donisthorpe, 1940c: 106 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
    • Type-material: 6 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“E New Guinea”), Humboldt Bay, Hollandia, vi.1936, No. 174, sea level, in forest (L.E. Cheesman).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • Junior synonym of testaceus: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 296.
  • nubila. Odontomachus gulosus var. nubila Emery, 1911c: 250 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Etna Bay.
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Subspecies of gulosus: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 42.
    • Junior synonym of testaceus: Wilson, 1959a: 500; Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 296.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1897d. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 38[=(2(18): 546-576 (page 557, worker described)
  • Wilson, E. O. 1959c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia V. The tribe Odontomachini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120: 483-510 (page 500, Raised to species, and senior synonym of gulosus, nigrifrons and nubila.)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brown W. L., Jr. 1976. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section A. Introduction, subtribal characters. Genus Odontomachus. Stud. Entomol. 19: 67-171.
  • CSIRO Collection
  • Donisthorpe H. 1940. Some new forms of Odontomachus (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist 73: 106-109.
  • Donisthorpe H. 1947. Ants from New Guinea, including new species and a new genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)13: 577-595.
  • Emery C. 1901. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici, quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio tertia. Természetrajzi Füzetek 25: 152-160.
  • Emery C. 1911. Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1907 et 1909 sous les auspices de Dr. H. A. Lorentz. Nova Guin. 9: 249-259
  • Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
  • 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.
  • Klimes P., P. Fibich, C. Idigel, and M. Rimandai. 2015. Disentangling the diversity of arboreal ant communities in tropical forest trees. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0117853. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117853
  • 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
  • Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.
  • Viehmeyer H. 1914. Papuanische Ameisen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1914: 515-535.
  • Wilson E. O. 1959. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia V. The tribe Odontomachini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120: 483-510.
  • Wilson Edward O. 1959. Adaptive Shift and Dispersal in a Tropical Ant Fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144