Odontomachus macrorhynchus

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Odontomachus macrorhynchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Odontomachus
Species: O. macrorhynchus
Binomial name
Odontomachus macrorhynchus
(Bernstein, 1861)

This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

Indonesia (type locality).

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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • macrorhynchus. Pedetes macrorhynchus Bernstein, 1861: 8 (q.) INDONESIA (Java).
    • Type-material: holotype(?) queen.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Java, Gadok (Bernstein).
    • Type-depository: unknown (possibly in NNML).
    • Combination in Odontomachus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 51.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 51.
    • [Note: Emery, 1911d: 111 (footnote), Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 170, Brown, 1976a: 104, 159, give this name as a nomen nudum, which is incorrect as Bernstein provides an indication.]
    • Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Odontomachus: Bolton, 1995b: 296.

Description

References

  • Bernstein, A. 1861. [Untitled. Introduced by: "Von Herrn Dr. Agath. Berstein in Gadok auf Java ist folgendes Schreiben eingegangen:".]. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 11: 7-8 (page 8, queen described)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1976c. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section A. Introduction, subtribal characters. Genus Odontomachus. Stud. Entomol. 19: 67-171 (page 159, see also)
  • Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 51, Combination in Odontomachus)