Odontomachus rufithorax

Odontomachus rufithorax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Odontomachus
Species:	O. rufithorax
Binomial name
Odontomachus rufithorax Emery, 1911 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Odontomachus gressitti Wilson, 1959 Odontomachus imperator emeryi Mann, 1919

Identification

A member of the Odontomachus saevissimus group.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Odonotomachus of the Indo-Australian Region

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -5.333° to -10.30000019°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality), Solomon Islands.

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.

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Odontomachus imperator rufithorax. Worker. Specimen code casent0903997. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Worker. Specimen code casent0217545. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Nomenclature

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

• rufithorax. Odontomachus imperator subsp. rufithorax Emery, 1911b: 534 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
  • Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Tawarin, and Timena.
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Subspecies of imperator: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 43.
  • Status as species: Wilson, 1959a: 497; Brown, 1976a: 106, 164; Bolton, 1995b: 297; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 73.
  • Senior synonym of emeryi: Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
  • Senior synonym of gressitti: Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is.
• emeryi. Odontomachus imperator subsp. emeryi Mann, 1919: 303, fig. 12 (w.q.m.) SOLOMON IS (Florida I., Isabel I.).
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated, “several colonies”).
  • Type-locality: Solomon Is: Florida I., Maliali (W.M. Mann).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Subspecies of imperator: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 16.
  • Status as species: Wilson, 1959a: 492.
  • Junior synonym of rufithorax: Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 295.
• gressitti. Odontomachus gressitti Wilson, 1959a: 492, fig. 4, no. 8 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea), SOLOMON IS (Guadalcanal I.).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
  • Type-locality: holotype Papua New Guinea: Nondugl, Ahl Valley, 1750 m. (J.L. Gressitt); paratype Solomon Is: Guadalcanal I., Gold Ridge-to-Suta (Jonapau), 1100 m. (J.L. Gressitt).
  • Type-depositories: BPBM (holotype); MCZC (paratype).
  • Junior synonym of rufithorax: Brown, 1976a: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 295.

References

• 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 106, Senior synonym of emeryi and gressitti)
• Emery, C. 1911f. Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann. Nova Guin. 5: 531-539 (page 534, worker described)
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
• 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 497, 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
• Emery C. 1911. Formicidae. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann. Nova Guinea 5: 531-539.
• 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.
• Mann W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:273-391.
• Mann, W.M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard College 63: 273-391
• Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.
• Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
• Wheeler, William Morton.1935.Checklist of the Ants of Oceania.Occasional Papers 11(11): 3-56
• 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