Odontoponera transversa biconcentrica

Odontoponera transversa biconcentrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Odontoponera
Species:	O. transversa
Subspecies:	O. transversa biconcentrica
Trinomial name
Odontoponera transversa biconcentrica Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (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.

Nomenclature

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

• biconcentrica. Odontoponera transversa var. biconcentrica Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 62, pl. 2, fig. 6 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Basilan I.).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Philippines: Basilan I. (Baker) .
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Subspecies of transversa: Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 5; Creighton, 1929: 153; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 67; Baltazar, 1966: 245; Bolton, 1995b: 298.
  • Distribution: China, Philippines (Basilan).

References

• Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 245, listed)
• Wheeler, W. M.; Chapman, J. W. 1925. The ants of the Philippine Islands. Part I, Dorylinae and Ponerinae. Philipp. J. Sci. 28: 47-73 (page 62, pl. 2, fig. 6 worker described)