Tetraponera inversinodis
Tetraponera inversinodis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
Genus: | Tetraponera |
Species: | T. inversinodis |
Binomial name | |
Tetraponera inversinodis Ward, 2001 |
Most collections are from lowland rainforest but the type series was collected from mangrove twigs. Another Lowery collection has the habitat given as “gardens and relict rain forest”. (Ward 2001)
Identification
Ward (2001) - This species is closely related to, and sympatric with, Tetraponera difficilis, from which it can be consistently separated by the larger eye size. The differences in the shape of the profemur (shorter and broader in T. inversinodis) and length of the metatibia (shorter in T. inversinodis) are also diagnostic, when body size is taken into account. Another generally useful feature for recognizing T. inversinodis workers is the “reversed-node” shape of the petiole, in which the anterior face of the node is short and steep and contrasts with the longer and more gently sloping posterior face. In T. difficilis the node is usually more symmetrical in profile. Some caution should be exercised in using this character, however, because it covaries with size, and the largest T. inversinodis workers (HW >0.85) have a petiole shape approaching that of T. difficilis.
Keys including this Species
- Key to Tetraponera males of the Oriental and Australian regions
- Key to Tetraponera of the Oriental and Australian regions
- Key to Tetraponera queens of the Oriental and Australian regions
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 9.433333333° to -1.25°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore.
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- inversinodis. Tetraponera inversinodis Ward, 2001: 629, figs. 101, 103, 109, 146, 160, 172 (w.q.m.) BORNEO.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
HW 0.77-0.94, HL 0.86-1.23, LHT 0.59-0.74, CI 0.77-0.89, FCI 0.13-0.15, REL 0.39-0.47, REL2 0.51-0.56, SI 0.55-0.59, SI3 1.01-1.13, FI 0.46-0.54, PLI 0.58-0.68, PWI 0.44-0.56, PDI 1.03-1.17, LHT/HW 0. 77-0.82, CSC 2-3, MSC 1-3.
Similar to Tetraponera difficilis except as follows: averaging smaller in size, FL 0.52-0.65 (0.60-0.73 in T. difficilis; compare also HW and LHT values); eyes more elongate, REL2 >0.50 and EL/LHT 0.64-0.70 (T. difficilis: REL2 0.44-0.48; EL/LHT 0.52-0.60); scape length exceeding eye length, but not markedly so (SB <1.15); profemur broader and shorter, FLI HL 0.53-0.62, EL/FL 0.74-0.82 (T. difficilis: FL/HL 0.60-0.67; EL/FL 0.60-0.66); profemur index (FI) values overlapping those of T. difficilis, but generally not within a given size class; hind leg shorter, LHT/HL 0.61-0.71 (T. difficilis: LHT/HL 0.67-0.80), and these values also not overlapping those of T. difficilis with the same head width; petiole shorter, PL/HL 0.50-0.55 (v. 0.54-0.61 in T. difficilis), the anterior face of the node usually much shorter and more steeply inclined than the posterior face. Standing pilosity even less common than in T. difficilis: CSC 2-3, MSC 1-3, dorsum of petiole and postpetiole usually lacking standing pilosity, rarely with several very short (0.03-0.06 mm long) erect or suberect setae. Appressed pubescence on abdominal tergite IV moderately dense, the hairs separated by their lengths or less.
Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 5°59'N 116°04'E, 14.x.l978 (B. B. Lowery (Australian National Insect Collection). Paratypes. Series of workers, alate queens, males, same data as holotype (ANIC, The Natural History Museum, Forest Research Center, Ant Museum, Entomological Laboratory and Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, KUES, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Philip S. Ward Collection, RMBR, Institute of Zoology, Ukrainian Academy of Science, University of California, Davis, Universiti Malaysia Sabah).
References
- Ward, P. S. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebrate Taxonomy. 15:589-665. (page 629, figs. 101, 103,109, 146, 160, 172 worker, queen, male described)
- Wang, W.Y., Soh, E.J.Y., Yong, G.W.J., Wong, M.K.L., Benoit Guénard, Economo, E.P., Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006 (doi:10.20362/am.015006).
- Yamane, S., Tanaka, H.O., Hasimoto, Y., Ohashi, M., Meleng, P., Itioka, T. 2021. A list of ants from Lambir Hills National Park and its vicinity, with their biological information: Part II. Subfamilies Leptanillinae, Proceratiinae, Amblyoponinae, Ponerinae, Dorylinae, Dolichoderinae, Ectatomminae and Formicinae. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University 31, 87–157.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- CSIRO Collection
- Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
- Ward P. S. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 589-665.
- Ward, P. S. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:589-665.