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Cerapachys antennatus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Cerapachys |
| Species: | C. antennatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerapachys antennatus Smith, F., 1857
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| Synonyms | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 2.547988° to 2.547988°.
| 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.
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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| Male (alate). Specimen code casent0281977. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- antennatus. Cerapachys antennatus Smith, F. 1857a: 74 (w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- [Note: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 450, cites 1w OXUM; (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).]
- Type-locality: Malaysia: Borneo, Sarawak (A.R. Wallace).
- Type-depository: OXUM.
- Emery, 1887b: 445 (q.); Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 140 (m.).
- Combination in C. (Cerapachys): Emery, 1902c: 24.
- Status as species: Smith, F. 1861b: 47; Mayr, 1863: 403; Roger, 1863b: 25; Smith, F. 1871a: 329; Emery, 1887b: 445; Dalla Torre, 1893: 17; Emery, 1901g: 566; Emery, 1902c: 24; Emery, 1911d: 9; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 45 (redescription); Crawley, 1926: 387 (redescription of type-material); Donisthorpe, 1932c: 450; Donisthorpe, 1941j: 199; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 18; Brown, 1975: 22, 59; Bolton, 1995b: 142; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 32.
- Senior synonym of wheeleri: Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
- Distribution: Malaysia (Sarawak).
- wheeleri. Cerapachys wheeleri Crawley, 1926: 389 (in text) (w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- [Note: this taxon was based on a worker of Cerapachys antennatus F. Smith, sensu Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 45, misidentification.]
- Type-locality: Malaysia: Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching (J. Hewitt).
- Type-depository: unknown (holotype lost (Brown, 1975: 60)).
- Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 20.
- Junior synonym of antennatus: Brown, 1975: 22, 60; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):
Cerapachys antennatus
Holotype worker in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled with a pink, rectangular “TYPE” label, a Donisthorpe type-label and a folded blue rectangular label “Cerapachys antennatus Smith. Borneo.”
A second specimen in Oxford University Museum of Natural History, also labelled “Cerapachys antennatus Smith. Borneo,” is actually a worker of C. sulcinodis Emery, and has been det. as such.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 142, catalogue)
- Borowiec, M.L. 2019. Convergent evolution of the army ant syndrome and congruence in big-data phylogenetics. Systematic Biology 68, 642–656 (doi:10.1093/sysbio/syy088).
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 22, Senior synonym of wheeleri)
- Crawley, W. C. 1926. A revision of some old types of Formicidae. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1925: 373-393 (page 387, Type-material redescribed)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1941k. Descriptions of new ants (Hym., Formicidae) from various localities. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(8): 199-210 (page 199, see also)
- Emery, C. 1887f. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine). [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 25[=(2)(5): 433-448 (page 445, queen described)
- Liu, C., Hita Garcia, F., Peng, Y.-Q., Pierce, N.E. 2024. Taxonomy of the ant genus Cerapachys Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in China with description of a new species. Asian Myrmecology 17: e017001 (doi:10.20362@am.017001).
- Mizuno, R., Suttiprapan, P., Jaitrong, W., Yamada, A., Ito, F. 2021. Colony composition, phasic reproduction, and queen–worker dimorphism of an oriental non-army ant doryline Cerapachys sulcinodis species complex in northern Thailand. Insectes Sociaux (doi:10.1007/s00040-021-00841-5).
- Smith, F. 1857a. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. [part]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 2: 42-88 (page 74, worker described)
- Subedi, I.P., Bharti, H., Budha, P.B., Alonso, L.E. 2021. First record of two Doryline ant genera Cerapachys Smith, 1857 and Parasyscia Emery, 1882 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Nepal. Halteres 12: 15-21 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5372072).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1919f. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63: 43-147 (page 140, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borgmeier T. 1957. Myrmecologische Studien, I. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 29: 103-128.
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1): 1-115.
- 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
- Crawley W. C. 1926. A revision of some old types of Formicidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1925: 373-393.
- Donisthorpe H. 1941. Descriptions of new ants (Hym., Formicidae) from various localities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)8: 199-210.
- Emery C. 1887. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine). [concl.]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 25(5): 427-473.
- Emery C. 1901. Formiciden von Celebes. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 14:565-580.
- Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
- Emery, C.. "Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine)." Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 5, no. 25 (1887): 427-473.
- 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
- Smith F. 1861. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Ceram, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo. [part]. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 6: 36-48.
- Smith, F.. "Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace." Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 2 (1857): 42-88.
- Wheeler W. M. 1919. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147.
- Wilson E. O. 1959. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. VI. The tribe Cerapachyini. Pacific Insects 1: 39-57.