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Amblyoponinae
Amblyoponinae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group containing 13 extant genera and one extinct genus. The ants in this subfamily are mostly specialized subterranean predators. Adult workers pierce the integument (non lethally) of their larvae and pupa to imbibe haemolymph, earning them the common name Dracula ant. Identification Amblyoponinae is characterized by these worker characters: eyes small or absent, situated behind midlength of side of head; anterior margin of clypeus with specialized dentiform setae; promesonotal suture flexible; petiole very broadly attached to abdominal segment 3 and without a distinct posterior face; postpetiole absent; sting present and well developed. Systematics The subfamily was formerly considered a tribe within Ponerinae, but was elevated to its own subfamily in 2003 when Barry Bolton Barry Bolton is an English Myrmecology, myrmecologist, an expert on the classification, systematics, and taxonomy of ants, who long w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amblyoponinae
Amblyoponinae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group containing 13 extant genera and one extinct genus. The ants in this subfamily are mostly specialized subterranean predators. Adult workers pierce the integument (non lethally) of their larvae and pupa to imbibe haemolymph, earning them the common name Dracula ant. Identification Amblyoponinae is characterized by these worker characters: eyes small or absent, situated behind midlength of side of head; anterior margin of clypeus with specialized dentiform setae; promesonotal suture flexible; petiole very broadly attached to abdominal segment 3 and without a distinct posterior face; postpetiole absent; sting present and well developed. Systematics The subfamily was formerly considered a tribe within Ponerinae, but was elevated to its own subfamily in 2003 when Barry Bolton Barry Bolton is an English Myrmecology, myrmecologist, an expert on the classification, systematics, and taxonomy of ants, who long w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Subfamilies
Ants (family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera) are the most species-rich of all social insects, with more than 12,000 described species and many others awaiting description. Formicidae is divided into 21 subfamilies, of which 17 contain extant taxa, while four are exclusively fossil. Ants have come to occupy virtually all major terrestrial habitats, with the exception of tundra and cold ever-wet forests. They display a wide range of social behaviors, foraging habits and associations with other organisms, which has generated scientific and public interest. Clades Beginning in the 1990s, molecular (DNA sequence) data have come to play a central role in attempts to reconstruct the ant "tree of life". Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on multiple nuclear genes have yielded robust results that reinforce some preexisting views but overturn others – and suggest that there has been considerable morphological convergence among some ant lineages. Molecular data provide very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystrium
''Mystrium'' is a rare genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. First described by Roger (1862) with the description of the queen of '' M. mysticum'', the genus contains 14 species, all of which occur in the rainforests of the Old World with over half of the species endemic to the Malagasy region. Distribution All species occur in the rainforests of the Old World, with most found in tropical Africa: ten of them are restricted to Madagascar (and its adjacent islands) and one is recorded from continental Africa (''M. silvestrii''). ''M. camillae'' is widespread in the Indo-Australian region, and ''M. leonie'' and ''M. maren'' are known from Indonesia. Taxonomic history After Roger (1862) established ''Mystrium'' with a single species from Madagascar, ''Mystrium mysticum'', Forel described five additional species in the Malagasy region between 1895 and 1899. The first record of ''Mystrium'' outside the Malagasy region was ''Mystrium camillae'' from Myanmar, and the second wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xymmer
''Xymmer'' is a genus of ant in the subfamily Amblyoponinae containing the single species ''Xymmer muticus''. Taxonomy ''Xymmer'' was first described by Santschi (1914) as a monotypic subgeneric taxon under '' Stigmatomma''. Since Santschi's original description, ''Xymmer'' was raised to genus by Wheeler (1922) in his identification key for African Amblyoponini. Clark (1934) regarded ''Xymmer'' as a subgenus in '' Amblyopone'' following Wheeler's suggestion; however, distinguishing characters were not discussed in their treatments. Brown (1949, 1960) discussed separable characters for ''Xymmer'' (as a junior synonym under the subgenus ''Stigmatomma'') for the first time since Santschi's original description. Brown regarded ''Stigmatomma'' and its related names as junior synonyms of ''Amblyopone'' at that time. ''Xymmer'' was resurrected to its current placement as an independent genus from synonymy A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onychomyrmex
''Onychomyrmex'' is an Australian genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. Its three species are known from eastern Queensland, Australia. Although not true army ants, ''Onychomyrmex'' species display an army-ant life style, including group predation and nomadism. Distribution The genus is known from Queensland, Australia, where it is found living mainly in rotten logs in the rainforests along the eastern coast. Their distribution may range into the northeastern New South Wales. The type localities of the three species are: Kuranda (''O. doddi''), Mount Bellenden Ker (''O. hedleyi'') and Herberton (''O. mjobergi''). Description Species have an army-ant life style, including group predation and nomadism. Queens are similar to the true army ants (subfamily Dorylinae). That is, ''Onychomyrmex'' queens are dichthadiiform, having a broadened head, very small eyes, worker-like alitrunk without wings or sclerites, and an elongated bulky gaster. However, belonging to the tribe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adetomyrma
''Adetomyrma'' is a genus of ants endemic to Madagascar. Workers of this genus are blind. The type species '' Adetomyrma venatrix'' was described in 1994, with the genus being an atypical member of its tribe, the Amblyoponini. This tribe includes the Dracula ants, members of which can feed on the hemolymph of larvae and pupae. Taxonomy ''Adetomyrma'' was first described as a Malagasy endemic monotypic genus by Ward in 1994. Ward (1994) assigned this genus to Amblyoponini within the subfamily Ponerinae on the basis of the worker morphology of the type species ''Adetomyrma venatrix''. Later, Bolton (2003) raised this tribe to subfamily status as Amblyoponinae. Biology The colonies, the first of which was found in a rotting log, may contain as many as 10,000 workers, winged males and several wingless queens (the majority of ant species feature winged queens). The workers use venom to stun their prey which are brought back to the colony for the larvae to feed upon. The colour of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myopopone
''Myopopone'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. The genus contains two species, one extant and one fossil. The type species ''Myopopone castanea'' is known from the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and China. The fossil species, ''Myopopone sinensis'', is known from the Early Miocene. Species * ''Myopopone castanea'' (Smith, 1860) * †''Myopopone sinensis ''Myopopone sinensis'' is an extinct species of ant in the genus ''Myopopone''. Fossils were discovered in 1989 in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous ...'' Zhang, 1989 References External links * Amblyoponinae Ant genera {{ant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stigmatomma
''Stigmatomma'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. The genus has a worldwide distribution, and like most other amblyoponines, ''Stigmatomma'' species are specialized predators. First described by Roger (1859), it was for a long time considered to be a synonym of '' Amblyopone'' until it was revived as an independent genus by Yoshimura & Fisher (2012) based on worker mandible morphology. Species *''Stigmatomma amblyops'' Karavaiev, 1935 *''Stigmatomma annae'' (Arnol'di, 1968) *''Stigmatomma awa'' (Xu & Chu, 2012) *''Stigmatomma bellii'' (Forel, 1900) *''Stigmatomma besucheti'' (Baroni Urbani, 1978) *''Stigmatomma bolabola'' Esteves & Fisher, 2016 *'' Stigmatomma boltoni'' (Bharti & Wachkoo, 2011) *'' Stigmatomma bruni'' Forel, 1912 *'' Stigmatomma caliginosum'' (Onoyama, 1999) *''Stigmatomma crenatum'' (Xu, 2001) *''Stigmatomma crypticum'' (Eguchi et al., 2015) *'' Stigmatomma denticulatum'' Roger, 1859 *†''Stigmatomma electrinum'' (Dlussky, 2009) *''Stigmatom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prionopelta
''Prionopelta'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. Of its 15 species, four are known from Africa, five from the Americas and six from the Indo-Pacific region. Species *''Prionopelta aethiopica'' Arnold, 1949 *''Prionopelta amabilis'' Borgmeier, 1949 *''Prionopelta amieti'' Terron, 1974 *''Prionopelta antillana'' Forel, 1909 *''Prionopelta brocha'' Wilson, 1958 *''Prionopelta descarpentriesi'' Santschi, 1924 *''Prionopelta humicola'' Terron, 1974 *''Prionopelta kraepelini'' Forel, 1905 *''Prionopelta majuscula'' Emery, 1897 *''Prionopelta marthae'' Forel, 1909 *''Prionopelta media'' Shattuck, 2008 *''Prionopelta modesta'' Forel, 1909 *''Prionopelta opaca'' Emery, 1897 *''Prionopelta punctulata'' Mayr, 1866 *''Prionopelta robynmae ''Prionopelta robynmae'' is a species of ant in the genus ''Prionopelta''. It was discovered and described by Shattuck, S. O. in 2008, and is endemic to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casaleia
''Casaleia'' is an extinct genus of ants in the formicid subfamily Amblyoponinae described by Pagliano & Scaramozzino in 1990 from fossils found in Europe. The genus contains four species dating from the Eocene to Miocene, ''Casaleia eocenica'', ''Casaleia inversa'', ''Casaleia longiventris'', ''Casaleia orientalis''. History and classification The species placed in ''Casaleia'' have a varied history, with the type species ''Casaleia inversa'' originally described by Gennady Dlussky in 1981 as ''"Protamblyopone" inversa''. The fossil was recovered from Middle Miocene age sediments exposed in the Chon-Tyz mine, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan. However "Protamblyopone" was already used by William Morton Wheeler as a subgenus of '' Amblyopone''. To correct the homonym status, the species was moved to the new genus ''Casaleia'' by Pagliano and Scaramozzino in a 1990 paper. The second species in the genus, ''C. eocenica'', is of Lutetian age, and was recovered as a solitary compres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amblyopone
''Amblyopone'' is a genus of 10 species of ants, found in Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea and New Zealand.Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B.L. 2012: A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera ''Stigmatomma'' and ''Xymmer''. ''PLoS One'', 7(3): e33325. reference page Ants of this genus possess the gamergate, meaning workers are able to reproduce within a colony lacking a queen. Species *'' Amblyopone aberrans'' Wheeler, 1927 *'' Amblyopone australis'' Erichson, 1842 *'' Amblyopone clarki'' Wheeler, 1927 *'' Amblyopone ferruginea'' Smith, 1858 *'' Amblyopone gingivalis'' Brown, 1960 *'' Amblyopone hackeri'' Wheeler, 1927 *'' Amblyopone leae'' Wheeler, 1927 *'' Amblyopone longidens'' Forel, 1910 *'' Amblyopone mercovichi'' Brown, 1960 *''Amblyopone michaelseni ''Amblyopone'' is a genus of 10 species of ants, found in Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea and New Zealand.Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B.L. 2012: A revisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulakora
''Fulakora'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Amblyoponinae. The genus has a worldwide distribution, and like most other amblyoponines, ''Fulakora'' species are specialized predators. It was originally described as, and for a long time considered to be, a subgenus of ''Stigmatomma'' until it was elevated to an independent genus by Ward & Fisher (2016). Species *''Fulakora agostii'' (Lacau & Delabie, 2002) *''Fulakora armigera'' (Mayr, 1887) *''Fulakora bierigi'' (Santschi, 1930) *''Fulakora celata'' (Mann, 1919) *''Fulakora chilensis'' (Mayr, 1887) *''Fulakora cleae'' (Lacau & Delabie, 2002) *''Fulakora degenerata'' (Borgmeier, 1957) *''Fulakora egregia'' (Kusnezov, 1955) *''Fulakora elongata'' (Santschi, 1912) *''Fulakora exigua'' (Clark, 1928) *''Fulakora falcata'' (Lattke, 1991) *''Fulakora gnoma'' (Taylor, 1979) *''Fulakora gracilis'' (Clark, 1934) *''Fulakora heraldoi'' (Lacau & Delabie, 2002) *''Fulakora lucida'' (Clark, 1934) *''Fulakora lurilabes'' (Lattke, 1991) *''Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
