Metapone murphyi

Metapone murphyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Metapone
Species:	M. murphyi
Binomial name
Metapone murphyi Wang, Yamada & Eguchi, 2019

The offshore island where M. murphyi was collected, Pulau Sakra, used to be mostly forest and swampland, before being merged with other islands in close vicinity and developed for establishment of oil refining facilities after 1985.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 1.2592° to 1.2592°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Singapore (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.

Nomenclature

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

• murphyi. Metapone murphyi Wang, W.Y., Yamada & Eguchi, 2019: 128, figs. 1-23 (w.q.m.) SINGAPORE.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 2 paratype workers, 8 paratype queens, 2 paratype males.
  • Type-locality: holotype Singapore: Pulau Sakra, 7.iii.1981, DHM-81-Metapone, decayed coconut stump (D.H. Murphy); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depository: LKCS.
  • Distribution: Singapore.

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, Pulau Sakra, Singapore, 1.2592°N 103.7042°E / 1.2592; 103.7042, 7 March 1981, D.H. Murphy, colony code: DHM-81-Metapone; depository catalogue number: ZRC_ENT_00000878, Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum; decayed coconut stump.
• Paratype, Two workers (1 headless), 8 alate queens, 2 males, Pulau Sakra, Singapore, 1.2592°N 103.7042°E / 1.2592; 103.7042, 7 March 1981, D.H. Murphy, colony code: DHM-81-Metapone; depository catalogue number: ZRC_HYM_0000016.01–11, Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum; decayed coconut stump (same colony as the holotype).

References

• 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).
• Wang, W.Y., Yamada, A., Eguchi, K. 2019. Discovery of a new ant species of the elusive termitophilous genus Metapone in Singapore (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with the first detailed description of male genitalia of the genus. ZooKeys 876: 125–141 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.876.35739).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Wang W. Y., A. Yamada, K. Eguchi. 2019. Discovery of a new ant species of the elusive termitophilous genus Metapone in Singapore (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with the first detailed description of male genitalia of the genus. ZooKeys 876: 125–141.