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Opisthopsis
| Opisthopsis | |
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| Opisthopsis respiciens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Opisthopsis Dalla Torre, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Formica (Myrmecopsis) respiciens, now Opisthopsis respiciens | |
| Diversity | |
| 20 species (Species Checklist, Species by Country)
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| Synonyms | |
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Identification
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Keys including this Genus
Distribution
Distribution and Richness based on AntMaps
Species by Region
Number of species within biogeographic regions, along with the total number of species for each region.
| Afrotropical Region | Australasian Region | Indo-Australian Region | Malagasy Region | Nearctic Region | Neotropical Region | Oriental Region | Palaearctic Region | |
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| Species | 0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Species | 2841 | 1736 | 3045 | 932 | 835 | 4379 | 1741 | 2862 |
Biology
Life History Traits
- Mean colony size: 100-200 (Greer et al., 2021)
- Compound colony type: not parasitic (Greer et al., 2021)
- Nest site: hypogaeic; arboreal (Greer et al., 2021)
- Diet class: omnivore (Greer et al., 2021)
- Foraging stratum: subterranean/leaf litter; arboreal (Greer et al., 2021)
Castes
Morphology
Worker Morphology
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• Antennal segment count: 12 • Antennal club: absent • Palp formula: 6,4 • Total dental count: 5-6 • Spur formula: 1 simple, 1 simple • Eyes: >100 ommatidia • Pronotal Spines: absent • Mesonotal Spines: absent • Propodeal Spines: absent • Petiolar Spines: absent • Caste: monomorphic, some size-variable • Sting: absent • Metaplural Gland: present • Cocoon: present
Karyotype
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| Taxon | Haploid | Diploid | Karyotype | Locality | Source | Notes |
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| Opisthopsis rufithorax | 50 | Australia | Imai et al., 1977 |
Phylogeny
| Formicinae |
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See Phylogeny of Formicinae for details.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- OPISTHOPSIS [Formicinae: Camponotini]
- Opisthopsis Dalla Torre, 1893: 219. Replacement name for Myrmecopsis Smith, F. 1865: 68. [Junior homonym of Myrmecopsis Newman, 1850: cxxii (Lepidoptera).]
- MYRMECOPSIS [junior homonym, see Opisthopsis]
- Myrmecopsis Smith, F. 1865: 68 [as subgenus of Formica]. Type-species: Formica (Myrmecopsis) respiciens, by monotypy. [Junior homonym of Myrmecopsis Newman, 1850: cxxii (Lepidoptera).]
- Myrmecopsis raised to genus: Mayr, 1876: 76.
- Opisthopsis Dalla Torre, 1893: 219, replacement name for Myrmecopsis Smith, F.
References
- Agosti, D. 1991. Revision of the oriental ant genus Cladomyrma, with an outline of the higher classification of the Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 293-310. (page 295, Opisthopsis in Formicinae, Formica genus group.)
- Ashmead, W. H. 1905c. A skeleton of a new arrangement of the families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the ants, or the superfamily Formicoidea. Can. Entomol. 37: 381-384 (page 384, Opisthopsis in Camponotinae, Camponotini)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 121, Opisthopsis in Formicinae, Camponotini)
- Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 219, Opisthopsis replacement name for Myrmecopsis Smith, F., 1865:68; Opisthopsis in Camponotinae Myrmecopsis Newman (Lepidoptera), 1850 senior homonym of Myrmecopsis Smith, 1865)
- Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 685-778 (page 772, Opisthopsis in Camponotinae, Camponotini)
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 54, Opisthopsis in Formicinae, Camponotini)
- Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 89, Opisthopsis in Camponotinae, Camponotini)
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 250, Opisthopsis in Camponotinae, Camponotini)
- Greer, J. A., Moreau, C. S. 2021. Phylogenetic analysis and trait evolution of ant cocoons. Insect Systematics & Evolution 53(1), 60–77 (doi:10.1163/1876312x-bja10008).
- Klimeš, P., Drescher, J., Buchori, D., Hidayat, P., Nazarreta, R., Potocký, P., Rimandai, M., Scheu, S., Matos-Maraví, P. 2022. Uncovering cryptic diversity in the enigmatic ant genus Overbeckia and insights into the phylogeny of Camponotini (Hymenoptera:Formicidae:Formicinae). Invertebrate Systematics, 36(6), 557-579 (doi:10.1071/is21067).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910b. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. (page 144, Opisthopsis in Camponotinae, Camponotini)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1918d. The ants of the genus Opisthopsis Emery. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62: 341-362 (page 341, Revision of genus (out of date))
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 700, Opisthopsis in Formicinae, Camponotini)