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Cryptopone nicobarensis
| Cryptopone nicobarensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Cryptopone |
| Species: | C. nicobarensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptopone nicobarensis Forel, 1905 | |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nicobarensis. Cryptopone nicobarensis Forel, 1905b: 166 (q.) INDIA (Nicobar Is).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: India: Nicobar Is (Galathea Expd.?) (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: ZMUC.
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 88; Wheeler, W.M. 1933g: 6; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 166; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013b: 4 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 49.
- Distribution: India (Andaman Is, Nicobar Is).
Description
References
- Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
- Forel A. 1905. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 49: 155-185.
- Wheeler W. M. 1933. Three obscure genera of ponerine ants. American Museum Novitates 672: 1-23.