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Cataulacus resinosus
| Cataulacus resinosus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Cataulacus |
| Species: | C. resinosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataulacus resinosus Viehmeyer, 1913
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Sulawesi.
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. |
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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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Biology
Castes
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- resinosus. Cataulacus taprobanae var. resinosa Viehmeyer, 1913: 145 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi) (in copal).
- Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi (“Celebes”), in copal (no collector’s name).
- [Note: during the study Viehmeyer received ants in copal from P. Weidinger, R. Weise, and the company Staudinger & Bang-Haas.]
- Type-depository: MNHU (second specimen perhaps SMTD).
- [Misspelled as resinoda by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 86.]
- Subspecies of taprobanae: Emery, 1924d: 299.
- Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 86; Bolton, 1974a: 86; Bolton, 1995b: 139.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi).
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1974a. A revision of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 30: 1-105. (page 86, Raised to species)
- Viehmeyer, H. 1913. Ameisen aus dem Kopal von Celebes. Stett. Entomol. Ztg. 74: 141-155 (page 145, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
- Viehmeyer H. 1913. Ameisen aus dem Kopal von Celebes. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 74: 141-155.