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Metapone shanyii
| Metapone shanyii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Metapone |
| Species: | M. shanyii |
| Binomial name | |
| Metapone shanyii Qi & Chen, 2024 | |
This species primarily inhabits the decaying wood on both sides of mountain valley streams in tropical seasonal rainforests, nesting near the center of the decaying wood, and preying on species of the genus Glyptotermes (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae) found within the same decaying wood.
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Identification
Worker. Head and mesosoma bear longitudinal striations. Anterior part of clypeus protrudes in a rectangular shape, and subpetiolar process exhibits a distinct hook-like projection.
This species resembles Metapone sauteri in body sizes and longitudinal striations on the mesosoma. The former, however, can be distinguished morphologically from the latter as follows:
- this species is covered with rich longitudinal striations on dorsal surface of the clypeus, contrasting with smooth and shining in M. sauteri
- the straight posterior margin of the head in this species, compared to concave posterior margin of M. sauteri
- the protruding anterior part of the clypeus in this species is rectangular, while in M. sauteri is trapezoidal
- the distinctly hook-shaped projection of subpetiolar process of this species, where the height and length are nearly equal, whereas in M. sauteri it tends to be more trapezoidal, with length significantly exceeding height
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 21.8° to 21.8°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: Qi & Chen, 2024
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (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. |
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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.
- shanyii. Metapone shanyii Qi & Chen, 2024: 115, figs. 3, 4 (w.q.) CHINA (Yunnan).
Type Material
- Holotype worker, Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, 21.470944°N, 100.610925°E, 27.V.2023, Ying-Ke Yan leg., No. GXNU 238703.
- Paratypes: two queens, same colony as the holotype.
Holotype and one paratype queen in GXNU; one paratype queen in SWFU.