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Odontomachus panamensis
| Odontomachus panamensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Odontomachus |
| Species: | O. panamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Odontomachus panamensis Forel, 1899
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This aggressive species shares large ant garden nests with Crematogaster carinata in a parabiotic association (Longino, 2003).
| At a Glance | • Ant garden |
Identification
A member of the Odontomachus haematodus group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 10.99261° to -0.6364°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama (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
Association with Other Organisms
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This species is a xenobiont for the ant Crematogaster carinata (a xenobiont).
Castes
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| Syntype of Odontomachus panamensis. Worker. Specimen code casent0907423. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- panamensis. Odontomachus affinis r. panamensis Forel, 1899c: 19, pl. 1, fig. 13 (w.q.m.) PANAMA.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbrs not stated).
- Type-locality: Panama: Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Subspecies of affinis: Emery, 1911d: 113; Wheeler, W.M. 1923a: 3.
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 7, 172; Brown, 1976a: 105, 124; Brandão, 1991: 364; Bolton, 1995b: 296; Rodriguez, J. 2008: 168; Feitosa, 2015c: 99; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 539.
- Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama.
Description
References
- Aldana de la Torre, R. C.; Chacón de Ulloa, P. 1999. Megadiversidad de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de la cuenca media del río Calima. Rev. Colomb. Entomol. 25: 37-47 (page 37, Record for Colombia)
- 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 105, Raised to species)
- Camargo, K.S. de. 2011. Composicao e diversidade de "Poneromorfas" (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) em duas fitofisionomias de cerrado e padroes de distribuicao de "Poneromorfas", Pseudomyrmecinae e Cephalotini (Myrmicinae) para o Brasil. Thesis, Universidade de Brasilia.
- Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 1-24 (page 19, pl. 1, fig. 13 worker, queen, male described)
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 172, Raised to species)
- Longino, J.T. 2003a. The Crematogaster of Costa Rica. Zootaxa 151: 1-150.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Aldana R. C., and P. Chacón de Ulloa. 1995. Nuevos registros de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para Colombia. Boletín del Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle 3(2): 55-59.
- Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- INBio Collection (via Gbif)
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Longino J. T., J. Coddington, and R. K. Colwell. 2002. The ant fauna of a tropical rain forest: estimating species richness three different ways. Ecology 83: 689-702.
- Longino J. et al. ADMAC project. Accessed on March 24th 2017 at https://sites.google.com/site/admacsite/
- Lozano-Zambrano F. H., E. Jimenez, T. M. Arias-Penna, A. M. Arcila, J. Rodriguez, and D. P. Ramirez. 2008. Biogeografía de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Pp. 349-406. in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp.
- Mertl A. L., J. F. A. Traniello, K. Ryder Wilkie, and R. Constantino. 2012. Associations of two ecologically significant social insect taxa in the litter of an amazonian rainforest: is there a relationship between ant and termite species richness? Psyche doi:10.1155/2012/312054