Cryptopone typhlos

Cryptopone typhlos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Cryptopone
Species:	C. typhlos
Binomial name
Cryptopone typhlos (Karavaiev, 1935) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Vietnam (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

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Ponera typhlos. Worker. Specimen code casent0916832. Photographer Kate Martynova, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by SIZK, Kiev, Ukraine.

Nomenclature

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

• typhlos. Ponera typhlos Karavaiev, 1935a: 73, fig. 6 (w.) VIETNAM.
  • Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
  • Type-localities: 1 worker Vietnam: Gulf of Siam, Cay-Dua, Phuquoe I., 26.xi.1931, Nr. 5664 (K.N. Davydov), 1 worker Vietnam (“Cochinchine”): Cauda, 1930-31, Nr. 5680 (K.N. Davydov).
  • Type-depository: SIZK.
  • [Misspelled as typhla by Brown, 1963: 6; misspelled as tiphlos by Kostyuk, 1976: 92.]
  • Combination in Cryptopone: Brown, 1963: 6.
  • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 167.
  • Distribution: Vietnam.

References

• Radchenko, A.G., Fisher, B.L., Esteves, F.A., Martynova, E.V., Bazhenova, T.N., Lasarenko, S.N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa, 5244(1), 1–32 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1).
• 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

• 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
• Eguchi K., B. T. Viet, and S. Yamane. 2014. Generic Synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Part II—Cerapachyinae, Aenictinae, Dorylinae, Leptanillinae, Amblyoponinae, Ponerinae, Ectatomminae and Proceratiinae. Zootaxa 3860: 001-046.
• Ogata K. 2005. Asian ant inventory and international networks. Report on Insect inventory Project in Tropic Asia TAIIV: 145-170.