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Myopias bidens polita
| Myopias bidens polita | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Myopias |
| Species: | M. bidens |
| Subspecies: | M. bidens polita |
| Trinomial name | |
| Myopias bidens polita (Stitz, 1925)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (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.
- polita. Trapeziopelta bidens var. polita Stitz, 1925: 112 (w.q.) PHILIPPINES (Palawan I.).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated, “a number”).
- Type-locality: Philippines: Palawan, Binaluan, 1913 (Boettcher).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Combination in Myopias: Bolton, 1995b: 270.
- Subspecies of bidens: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 75; Baltazar, 1966: 247; Bolton, 1995b: 270.
- Distribution: Philippines (Palawan).
Description
References
- Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 247, listed)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 270, Combination in Myopias)
- Stitz, H. 1925c. Ameisen von den Philippinen, den malayischen und ozeanischen Inseln. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1923: 110-136 (page 112, worker, queen described)