Cryptopone taivanae

Cryptopone taivanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Cryptopone
Species:	C. taivanae
Binomial name
Cryptopone taivanae (Forel, 1913) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Euponera takahashii Wheeler, W.M., 1930

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Taiwan (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.

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

Images from AntWeb

Specimen code casent0907291. .

Nomenclature

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

• taivanae. Euponera (Trachymesopus) taivanae Forel, 1913f: 184 (q.) TAIWAN.
  • Type-material: syntype queens (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Taiwan (“Formosa”): Taihorin (H. Sauter).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • [Misspelled as tavianae by Lin & Wu, 2003: 67.]
  • Combination in Cryptopone: Brown, 1963: 6.
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 59; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 167; Lin & Wu, 2003: 67; Terayama, 2009: 108; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 103; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 58.
  • Senior synonym of takahashii: Lin & Wu, 2003: 67; Terayama, 2009: 108.
  • Distribution: Taiwan.
• takahashii. Euponera (Trachymesopus) takahashii Wheeler, W.M. 1930a: 94 (q.) TAIWAN.
  • Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Taiwan (“Formosa”): Riyohen (R. Takahashi)).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in Cryptopone: Brown, 1963: 6.
  • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 167.
  • Subspecies of taivanae: Zhou & Ran, 2010: 104 (error).
  • Junior synonym of taivanae: Lin & Wu, 2003: 67; Terayama, 2009: 108.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Queen

Wheeler (1930) - Length: 1.8-4 mm.

Somewhat smaller and more slender than the female of Cryptopone sauteri Wheeler of Japan; head more rectangular, with the eyes distinctly larger and nearer the anterior border of the head. Antennal scapes thicker and distinctly shorter. Mesonotum more flattened; epinotum much more rectangular and less: rounded in profile. Petiole shorter, with more anteroposteriorly compressed scale; the anteroventral projection of the petiole in the form of a tr.mslucent lamina, as in sauteri. Pilosity much less developed; head, thorax, scapes and legs without erect or oblique hairs; pubescence very fine, golden yellow. Color decidedly darker than in sauteri; head blackish brown; mandibles red; thorax and abdomen dark brown; petiole, thoracic sutures, borders of anterior gastric segments and whole of apical segments, as well as the antennae and legs, reddish brown. Wings distinctly and uniformly infuscated, with dark brown veins and pterostigma.

References

• Liu, C., Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Liu, Q., Peng, Y.Q., Economo, E.P., Guénard, B., Pierce, N.E. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains: a new altitudinal survey and updated checklist for Yunnan Province highlight an understudied insect biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys 978, 1–171 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.978.55767).
• 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).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1930b. Formosan ants collected by Dr. R. Takahashi. Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club 11: 93-106.

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
• Forel A. 1913. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Formicidae II. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)79(6): 183-202
• Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
• Hua Li-zhong. 2006. List of Chinese insects Vol. IV. Pages 262-273. Sun Yat-sen university Press, Guangzhou. 539 pages.
• Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
• Terayama M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266.
• Terayama Mamoru. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta, Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.
• Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta; Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.
• Terayama. M. and Inoue. N. 1988. Ants collected by the members of the Soil Zoological Expedition to Taiwan. ARI Reports of the Myrmecologists Society (Japan) 18: 25-28
• Wheeler W. M. 1929. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Formosa, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 24: 27-64.
• Wheeler W. M. 1930. Formosan ants collected by Dr. R. Takahashi. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 11: 93-106.
• Xu Z., Zeng G., Liu T.-Y. and He Y.-F.. 1999. [A study on communities of Formicidae ants in different subtypes of vegetation in Xishuangbanna District of China.] Zoological Research 20: 118-125