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Dilobocondyla cataulacoidea
| Dilobocondyla cataulacoidea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Dilobocondyla |
| Species: | D. cataulacoidea |
| Binomial name | |
| Dilobocondyla cataulacoidea (Stitz, 1911)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -6.733329773° to -12.71667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.
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.
- cataulacoidea. Podomyrma (Mesomyrma) cataulacoidea Stitz, 1911a: 364, figs. 10-12 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
- Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Papua New Guinea (“Kaiser-Wilhelmsland”): (no further data) (Lauterbach).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- [Misspelled as catanlacoides by Emery, 1924d: 241, Chapman & Capco, 1951: 115.]
- Combination in Dilobocondyla: Emery, 1912b: 102.
- Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 241; Wheeler, W.M. 1924b: 249 (in key); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 115; Taylor, 1991b: 601; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Varghese, 2006a: 24; Bharti & Kumar, 2013a: 43 (in key); Chen, et al. 2019: 138 (in key).
- Senior synonym of concolor: Taylor, 1991b: 601; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Varghese, 2006a: 24.
- Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
- concolor. Dilobocondyla cataulacoidea var. concolor Viehmeyer, 1914b: 40 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Sattelberg (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Subspecies of cataulacoidea: Wheeler, W.M. 1924b: 249 (in key); Emery, 1924d: 241; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 115.
- Junior synonym of cataulacoidea: Taylor, 1991b: 601; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Varghese, 2006a: 24.
Type Material
- Dilobocondyla catalaucoidea concolor Viehmeyer, 1914: Syntype, worker(s), Sattelberg (near Finschafen), Papua New Guinea.
- Podomyrma (Mesomyrma) cataulacoidea Stitz, 1911: Syntype, worker(s), (as Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, New Guinea), Papua New Guinea.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1912b. Études sur les Myrmicinae. [I-IV.]. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 56: 94-105 (page 102, Combination in Dilobocondyla)
- Stitz, H. 1911a. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1911: 351-381 (page 364, figs. 10-12 worker described)
- Taylor, R. W. 1991b. Nomenclature and distribution of some Australasian ants of the Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mem. Qld. Mus. 30: 599-614 (page 601, Senior synonym of concolor)
- Wang, W.Y., Soh, E.J.Y., Yong, G.W.J., Wong, M.K.L., Benoit Guénard, Economo, E.P., Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006 (doi:10.20362/am.015006).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- CSIRO Collection
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
- Klimes P., P. Fibich, C. Idigel, and M. Rimandai. 2015. Disentangling the diversity of arboreal ant communities in tropical forest trees. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0117853. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117853
- Snelling R. R. 1998. Insect Part 1: The social Hymenoptera. In Mack A. L. (Ed.) A Biological Assessment of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea, RAP 9. 189 ppages
- Stitz H. 1911. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911: 351-381.
- Taylor R. W. 1991. Nomenclature and distribution of some Australasian ants of the Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30: 599-614.
- Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.
- Viehmeyer H. 1914. Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)79(12): 24-60.