Rasopone politognatha

Rasopone politognatha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Rasopone
Species:	R. politognatha
Binomial name
	Rasopone politognatha; Longino & Branstetter, 2020

Identification

Keys including this Species

Rasopone Identification

Distribution

Mexico (Chiapas) to Nicaragua.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Guatemala (type locality), Honduras, Mexico, 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

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.

politognatha. Rasopone politognatha Longino & Branstetter, 2020: 26, fig. 9 (w.q.) GUATEMALA, MEXICO (Chiapas), HONDURAS, NICARAGUA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 5 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen.
- Type-locality: holotype Guatemala: Zacapa, 2 km. SE La Union, 14.95442, -89.27697±50 m., 1430 m., 12.v.2009, LLAMA, Wa-B-03-2-08, cloud forest, ex sifted leaf litter; paratypes: 1 worker with same data but 14.95448, -89.27704±50 m., 1430 m., Wa-B-03-2-06, 1 queen with same data but 14.95454, -89.27711±50 m., 1430 m., Wa-B-03-2-04, 2 workers with same data but 14.9546, -98.27718±50 m., 1430 m., Wa-B-03-2-02, 1 worker 3.5 km. SE La Union, 14.95, -89.26667±?, 1500 m., 4.v.1991,, RSA91-050 (R.S. Anderson), 1 worker as last but 6.v.1991, RSA91-053.
- Type-depositories: California Academy of Sciences (holotype); CASC, Museum of Comparative Zoology, University of California, Davis, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, National Museum of Natural History, Colección de Artrópodos (paratypes).
- Distribution: Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

Description

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