Cryptopone rotundiceps

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Cryptopone rotundiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Cryptopone
Species: C. rotundiceps
Binomial name
Cryptopone rotundiceps
(Emery, 1914)

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Specimen Label

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.58333015° to -37.88333333°.

     
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality), New Caledonia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Elevation Range

Occurrence at collecting sites during elevational surveys of rainforest in the Eungella region, Queensland, Australia (Burwell et al., 2020).
Species Elevation (m asl)
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Cryptopone rotundiceps 0-10 70-80
Shading indicates the bands of elevation where species was recorded.
Numbers are the percentage of total samples containing this species.

Biology

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Cryptopone rotundiceps casent0172110 head 1.jpgCryptopone rotundiceps casent0172110 profile 1.jpgCryptopone rotundiceps casent0172110 dorsal 1.jpgCryptopone rotundiceps casent0172110 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0172110. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia.
Cryptopone rotundiceps casent0172100 head 1.jpgCryptopone rotundiceps casent0172100 profile 1.jpgCryptopone rotundiceps casent0172100 label 1.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0172100. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia.
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Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0172101. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia.

Queen

Images from AntWeb

Cryptopone rotundiceps casent0172101 head 1.jpgCryptopone rotundiceps casent0172101 profile 1.jpgCryptopone rotundiceps casent0172101 label 1.jpg
Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0172101. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia.
Cryptopone rotundiceps casent0172111 head 1.jpgCryptopone rotundiceps casent0172111 profile 1.jpgCryptopone rotundiceps casent0172111 dorsal 1.jpgCryptopone rotundiceps casent0172111 label 1.jpg
Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0172111. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia.

Nomenclature

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

  • rotundiceps. Euponera (Trachymesopus) rotundiceps Emery, 1914f: 397, pl. 13, fig. 1 (q.) NEW CALEDONIA.
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: New Caledonia: Mt Canala, 700 m. (Sarasin & Roux).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971b: 1208 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 348 (k.).
    • Combination in Trachymesopus: Wilson, 1958d: 354;
    • combination in Cryptopone: Brown, 1963: 6.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 11; Wilson, 1958d: 354; Brown, 1963: 6; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 28; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Senior synonym of mjobergi: Brown, 1963: 6; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 28; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 166.
    • Distribution: Australia, New Caledonia.
  • mjobergi. Ponera mjobergi Forel, 1915b: 22, pl. 1, fig. 2 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Blackal Range, Mt Tambourine (E. Mjöberg).
    • Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG (probably also in NHRS).
    • Junior synonym of rotundiceps: Brown, 1963: 6; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 28; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 166.

Type Material

Description

Karyotype

  • n = 6, 2n = 12, karyotype = 6M + 6A (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977; Mariano et al., 2015).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • CSIRO Collection
  • Emery, C. 1914. Les fourmis de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty. Nova Caledonia. A. Zoologie 1:393-437.
  • Forel A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(16): 1-119
  • Jennings J. T., L. Krogmann, and C. Burwell. 2013. Review of the hymenopteran fauna of New Caledonia with a checklist of species. Zootaxa 3736(1): 1-53.
  • King J. R., A. N. Andersen, and A. D. Cutter. 1998. Ants as bioindicators of habitat disturbance: validation of the functional goup model for Australi's humid tropics. Biodiversity and Conservation 7: 1627-1638.
  • Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
  • Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1927. The ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 62: 121-153
  • Wheeler, William Morton. 1927. The Ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62(4): 121-153
  • Wheeler, William Morton.1935.Checklist of the Ants of Oceania.Occasional Papers 11(11): 3-56
  • Wilson E. O. 1958. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 303-371.