Chrysapace jacobsoni

Chrysapace jacobsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Chrysapace
Species:	C. jacobsoni
Binomial name
Chrysapace jacobsoni Crawley, 1924 Specimen Label
Synonyms
Cerapachys crawleyi Wheeler, W.M., 1924 Cerapachys mirandus Wheeler, W.M., 1924

Collections of this species have yielded almost all of the scant biological details known for the genus. One collection included habitat information, "primary rainforest, Alluvial closed canopy," and was made from a Malaise-trap pan. A second collection was also from a Malaise trap and a third, a pitfall-trap.

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Chrysapace

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines (type locality).

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.

Castes

Ovaries of a dealate queen C. jacobsoni collected in Galoka, northern Madagascar. Yolky oocytes and "yellow bodies" are visible in all the ovarioles. Photo by Christian Peeters.

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0178877. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0179461. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.

Worker. Specimen code casent0173074. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Nomenclature

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

• jacobsoni. Chrysapace jacobsoni Crawley, 1924: 381, fig. 1 (q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • [Note: holotype is a worker, not a queen (Brown, 1975: 58).]
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Suban Ajam, vii.1916, no. 6 (Benkeulen).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • Brown, 1975: 58 (q.).
  • Combination in Cerapachys (Cerapachys): Chapman & Capco, 1951: 20;
  • combination in Chrysapace: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 106.
  • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 20; Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 106; Yamada, Lin & Eguchi, 2019: 469 (in key).
  • Senior synonym of crawleyi (unnecessary replacement name): Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 106 (by implication).
  • Senior synonym of mirandus: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 106 (by implication).
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia (Sarawak), Philippines (Negros).
• crawleyi. Cerapachys (Chrysapace) crawleyi Wheeler, W.M. 1924d: 225 (in text).
  • Unnecessary replacement name for Chrysapace jacobsoni Crawley, 1924: 381.
  • Status as species: Brown, 1975: 22, 58; Bolton, 1995b: 142; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 33.
  • Junior synonym of jacobsoni: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 106 (by implication).
• mirandus. Cerapachys mirandus Wheeler, W.M. 1924d: 224 (in text) (ergatoid q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • [Note: holotype is a worker, not an ergatoid queen (Brown, 1975: 58).]
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: S Sumatra, Wai Lima, Lampong (Karny).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Junior synonym of crawleyi: Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 144.
  • Junior synonym of jacobsoni: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 106 (by implication).

References

• Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1-280 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 142, catalogue)
• 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 mirandus)
• Crawley, W. C. 1924a. Ants from Sumatra, with biological notes by Edward Jacobson. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(13): 380-409 (page 381, Replacement name for Chrysapace jacobsoni)
• Forel, A. 1912e. Ameisen aus Java beobachtet und gesammelt von Edward Jacobson. III. Theil. Notes Leyden Mus. 34: 97-112 (page 103, Junior secondary homonym of Cerapachys jacobsoni)
• General, D.E.M. 2021. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Mt. Pantaron Range, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Halteres, 12:4-14 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5371745).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1924e. On the ant-genus Chrysapace Crawley. Psyche (Camb.) 31: 224-225 (page 225, Cerapachys (Chrysapace) crawleyi)
• Yamada, A., Lin, C.-C., Eguchi, K. 2019. Taxonomic notes on the rare ant genus Chrysapace with description of a new species from Brunei (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59: 467-480 (doi:10.2478/aemnp-2019-0036).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
• 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
• Chapman, J.W. and S.R. Capco. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology (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.
• Forel A. 1912. Ameisen aus Java beobachtet und gesammelt von Edward Jacobson. III. Theil. Notes Leyden Mus. 34: 97-112
• Wheeler W. M. 1924. On the ant-genus Chrysapace Crawley. Psyche (Cambridge) 31: 224-225.
• Wilson E. O. 1959. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. VI. The tribe Cerapachyini. Pacific Insects 1: 39-57.