Rasopone panamensis

Rasopone panamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Rasopone
Species:	R. panamensis
Binomial name
Rasopone panamensis (Forel, 1899)

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Rasopone Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Panama (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.

Phylogeny

Rasopone	Rasopone cubitalis Rasopone politognatha Rasopone cryptergates Rasopone pluviselva Rasopone guatemalensis Rasopone minuta Rasopone minuta Rasopone panamensis Rasopone lunaris Rasopone costaricensis Rasopone ferruginea Rasopone mesoamericana Rasopone subcubitalis

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.

• panamensis. Ponera ferruginea var. panamensis Forel, 1899c: 15 (q.) PANAMA.
  • Type-material: neotype worker (by designation of Longino & Branstetter, 2020: 25).
  • [Note: original holotype queen, from Panama: Bugaba (Champion), deposited in MHNG, is absent from the collection: Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 322, Longino & Branstetter, 2020: 25.]
  • Type-locality: neotype Costa Rica: San José, Cerro Plano, 9.48059, -83.96402±10 m., 1060 m., 4.vii.2015, ADMAC, Wa-E-06-1-45, ridgetop cloud forest, isolated peak with oak trees, ex sifted leaf litter.
  • Type-depository: California Academy of Sciences.
  • Longino & Branstetter, 2020: 25 (w.q.).
  • Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1911d: 82;
  • combination in Trachymesopus: Kempf, 1972a: 251;
  • combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 308.
  • Subspecies of ferruginea: Emery, 1911d: 82; Kempf, 1972a: 251; Bolton, 1995b: 308.
  • Junior synonym of ferruginea: Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 319.
  • Status as species: Longino & Branstetter, 2020: 25.
  • Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama.

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).