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Odontomachus montanus
| Odontomachus montanus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Odontomachus |
| Species: | O. montanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Odontomachus montanus Stitz, 1925
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Identification
A member of the Odontomachus saevissimus group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -5.333° to -5.5°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (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.
- montanus. Odontomachus imperator var. montanus Stitz, 1925: 116 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
- Type-locality: Papua New Guinea: Lordberg (Bürgers).
- Type-depositories: MCZC, MNHU.
- Subspecies of imperator: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 43.
- Status as species: Wilson, 1959a: 495; Brown, 1976a: 104; Bolton, 1995b: 296.
- Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Description
References
- Stitz, H. 1925c. Ameisen von den Philippinen, den malayischen und ozeanischen Inseln. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1923: 110-136 (page 116, worker described)
- Wilson, E. O. 1959c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia V. The tribe Odontomachini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120: 483-510 (page 495, Raised to species)
- Zettel, H., Sorger, D.M. 2023. Odontomachus yamanei sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a spectacular, previously misidentified ant species from Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 75: 82–88.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1976. 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.
- CSIRO Collection
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
- Stitz H. 1925. Ameisen von den Philippinen, den malayischen und ozeanischen Inseln. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1923: 110-136.
- Wilson E. O. 1959. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia V. The tribe Odontomachini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120: 483-510.
- Wilson Edward O. 1959. Adaptive Shift and Dispersal in a Tropical Ant Fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144