Odontomachus kuroiwae

Odontomachus kuroiwae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Odontomachus
Species:	O. kuroiwae
Binomial name
	Odontomachus kuroiwae; (Matsumura, 1912)

Identification

A member of the Odontomachus rixosus group.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Japan (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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

kuroiwae. Myrtoteras kuroiwae Matsumura, 1912: 192, pl. 54, fig. 1 (w.) JAPAN (Okinawa I.).
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Yoshimura, Onoyama & Ogata, 2007: 93), 1 paralectotype worker.
- Type-locality: lectotype Japan: Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., 25.x.1907, no. 425 (K. Kuroiwa); paralectotype with same data.
- Type-depository: SEHU.
- Yoshimura, Onoyama & Ogata, 2007: 98 (q.m.).
- Combination in Myrmoteras: Matsumura & Uchida, 1926: 51;
- combination in Odontomachus: Crieghton, 1939: 40.
- Junior synonym of formosae: Teranishi, 1940: 61.
- Junior synonym of monticola: Brown, 1976a: 105; Onoyama, 1980: 196; Bolton, 1995b: 295; Imai, et al. 2003: 212.
- Status as species: Matsumura & Uchida, 1926: 51; Yoshimura, Onoyama & Ogata, 2007: 93 (redescription).
- Distribution: Japan.

Description

References

Creighton, W. S. 1939a. A generic reallocation for Myrmoteras kuroiwae. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 47: 39-40 (page 40, Combination in Odontomachus)
Matsumura, S. 1912. Thousand insects of Japan. Supplement IV. Tokyo: Keishu-sha, 247 pp. + 14 pl. + 4 pp. (index). (page 192, pl. 54, fig. 1 worker described)
Matsumura, S.; Uchida, T. 1926. Die Hymenopteren-Fauna von den Riukiu-Inseln. Insecta Matsumurana 1: 32-52 (page 51, Combination in Myrmoteras)
Satria, R. 2017. Taxonomy of the ant genus Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) in the Indo-Chinese and Indo-Malayan subregions. Ph.D. thesis, Tokyo Metropolitan University.
Teranishi, C. 1940. Works of Cho Teranishi. Memorial Volume. . Osaka: Kansai Entomological Society, 312 + (posthumous section) 95 pp. (page 61, Junior synonym of formosae)
Yamane, S., Hosoishi, S., Ito, F. 2024. Taxonomic study on the queens of the Japanese ponerine genera, with a redescription of Ectomomyrmex horni restituted as a valid species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 64(2): 249–267 (doi:10.37520/aemnp.2024.017).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Creighton W. S. 1939. A generic reallocation for Myrmoteras kuroiwae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 47: 39-40.
Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.
Yamane S. 2016. How many species of Ants in Amami Islands? (in Japanese). Part 2, chapter 1 in How many species of Ants in Amami Islands? Pp. 92-132.
Yoshimura M.; Onoyama, K.; Ogata, K. 2007. The ants of the genus Odontomachus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan. Species Diversity 12:89-112.