Rasopone cubitalis
Rasopone cubitalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Rasopone |
Species: | R. cubitalis |
Binomial name | |
Rasopone cubitalis Longino & Branstetter, 2020 |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Southern Nicaragua to Costa Rica.
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (type locality), Nicaragua.
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. |
Biology
Castes
Phylogeny
Rasopone |
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Relationships among selected species of Rasopone by Longino & Branstetter (2020). Undescribed species included by Longino & Branstetter have been excluded here.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- cubitalis. Rasopone cubitalis Longino & Branstetter, 2020: 22, fig. 13 (w.q.) COSTA RICA, NICARAGUA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
- Type-locality: holotype Costa Rica: Alajuela, 10 km. E Monteverde, 10.30677, -84.7165±50 m., 880 m., 17.v.2014, JTL8670, wet forest, nest in clay bank (J. Longino); paratype with same data.
- Type-depositories: Universidad de Costa Rica (holotype); California Academy of Sciences (paratype).
- Distribution: Costa Rica, Nicaragua.
Description
References
- Esteves, F.A., Fisher, B.L. 2021. Corrieopone nouragues gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Ponerinae from French Guiana (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1074, 83–173 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1074.75551).
- Longino, J.T., Branstetter, M.G. 2020. Phylogenomic species delimitation, taxonomy, and ‘bird guide’ identification for the Neotropical ant genus Rasopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 4(2): 1; 1–33 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixaa004).