Discothyrea sauteri

Discothyrea sauteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Proceratiinae
Tribe:	Proceratiini
Genus:	Discothyrea
Species:	D. sauteri
Binomial name
	Discothyrea sauteri; Forel, 1912 Specimen Labels

Common Name

Daruma-ari
Language:	Japanese

This species feeds on the eggs of spiders and centipedes (Masuko, 1981). It nests in rotting stumps. Rare in Japan (Japanese Ant Image Database).

At a Glance

• Facultatively polygynous

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Oriental Discothyrea

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.15000153° to 30.359°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Singapore.
Oriental Region: Taiwan (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China, Japan, Republic of Korea.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

sauteri. Discothyrea globus var. sauteri Forel, 1912a: 47 (w.q.) TAIWAN.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Taiwan (“Formosa”): Pilam (H. Sauter).
- Type-depositories: DEIB, MHNG.
- Ogata, 1987: 109 (m.).
- Subspecies of globa: Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 58; Teranishi, 1940: 56; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 77; Smith, M.R. & Wing, 1955: 108.
- Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 253; Morisita, et al. 1989: 16; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Imai, et al. 2003: 217; Lin & Wu, 2003: 67; Terayama, 2009: 97; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 110; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 62; Xu, et al. 2014a: 35 (in key); Bharti, Akbar & Singh, 2015: 124 (in key).
- Distribution: China, Japan, Taiwan.

Description

References

Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 253, Raised to species)
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Masuko, K. 2020. Colony composition, arthropod egg predation, and antennal structure of the ant Discothyrea sauteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Asian Myrmecology 12, e012002 (doi:10.20362/am.012002).
Ogata, K. 1987a. A generic synopsis of the poneroid complex of the family Formicidae in Japan (Hymenoptera). Part 1. Subfamilies Ponerinae and Cerapachyinae. Esakia 25: 97-132 (page 109, male described)
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Shin, D.O., Yoon,S.W., Lyu, D.P. 2020. First record of Discothyrea sauteri Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae) from Korea. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 59(2): 79-81 (doi:10.5656/KSAE.2020.02.0.011).
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