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Myrmoteras insulcatum
| Myrmoteras insulcatum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmoteratini |
| Genus: | Myrmoteras |
| Species: | M. insulcatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmoteras insulcatum Moffett, 1985
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This taxon is only known from the holotype gyne originating from Mt. Makiling, Laguna, Luzon Island.
Identification
Moffett (1985) - The only species of Myrmoteras completely lacking a frontal sulcus.
Zettel and Sorger (2011) - The type queen is unique in the genus by the combination of an absent median frontal sulcus and smooth and shiny surfaces of head and pronotum.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.733167° to 6.733167°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
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.
- insulcatum. Myrmoteras (Myagroteras) insulcatum Moffett, 1985b: 45, figs. 33, 36, 37 (q.) PHILIPPINES.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Holotype: TL 5.6, HW 1.07, HL 1.01 (CI 106), ML 1.53 (Ml 152), SL 1.08 (SI 100), EL 0.61, HFL 1.16 (TWl 22), WL 1.54 mm. Orbital grooves moderately developed. Frontal area present but somewhat poorly demarcated. Palpal formula 3,3. Mandibles with 14 to 15 teeth and two preapical denticles. Apical denticles both tiny, the smallest very tiny and closely applied to the larger, which is closely applied in turn to the apical tooth. A feeble groove extends longitudinally down the dorsal surface of mandible to at least penultimate tooth, but unlike other ants with such a groove (Myrmoteras morowali, Myrmoteras diastematum, and some Myrmoteras bakeri), the groove extends very close to inner, toothed margin.
Node of petiole with straight, nearly vertical anterior face, posterior face steep and curving; summit wide and rounded. Ventral margin of petiole feebly convex beneath node.
Head, trunk and gaster entirely smooth and very highly polished. Hair density moderate; hairs short and moderately abundant, rising 0.08 mm on head, 0.14 mm on trunk and gaster; eight hairs on node of petiole. Dark orange red, with clypeus and occipital lobe somewhat lighter, mandibles orange yellow, legs and antennae reddish orange.
Type Material
Holotype. Dealate queen deposited in Museum of Comparative Zoology from Philippines: Luzon: Lagunas: Mt. Makiling, ca. 150 m below summit, litter, Feb. 1968 (R. A. Morse).
Etymology
Name from Latin in + sulcus, referring to the lack of a frontal sulcus.
References
- General, D.E.M. 2021. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Mt. Pantaron Range, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Halteres, 12:4-14 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5371745).
- Moffett, M.W. 1985b. Revision of the genus Myrmoteras (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 151:1-53. (page 45, figs 33, 36, 37 queen described)
- Zettel, H. and Sorger, D.M. 2011. New Myrmoteras ants from the southeastern Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 59:61-67.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Agosti D. 1992. Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Malay Archipelago (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Suisse Zool. 99: 405-429.
- Agosti, D. 1992. Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Malay Archipelago (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Suisse Zool. 99: 405-429
- Agosti, D. 1992. Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Malay Archipelago (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revue Suisse Zool. 99(2):405-429
- Zettel, H. & D.M. Sorger. 2011. New Myrmoteras ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Southeastern Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59(1):61-67