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Pachycondyla unicolor
| Pachycondyla unicolor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Pachycondyla |
| Species: | P. unicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachycondyla unicolor (Smith, F., 1860)
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Schmith & Shattuck (2014), during their revision of the subfamily Ponerinae, were unable to determine the proper generic placement of this taxon. They left it assigned to Pachycondyla but noted that this placement is undoubtedly incorrect. Exact placement will require detailed examination of relevant material of this taxa.
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Sulawesi.
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
Images from AntWeb
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| Holotype of Ponera unicolor. Male (alate). Specimen code casent0901368. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- unicolor. Ponera unicolor Smith, F. 1860a: 73 (m.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
- Type-material: holotype male.
- Type-locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi, Makassar, “Mak.” (A.R. Wallace).
- Type-depository: OXUM.
- [Note: gastral apex of holotype is missing. There is a second male in OXUM, from Tondano (Sulawesi), apparently of the same species and complete.]
- Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 458;
- combination in Bothroponera: Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2;
- incertae sedis in Pachycondyla: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 155.
- [Note: generic combination equivocal: probably not a Bothroponera, and certainly not a Pachycondyla; perhaps Pseudoneoponera.]
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 451; Smith, F. 1871a: 322; Dalla Torre, 1893: 42; Emery, 1901g: 566; Emery, 1911d: 116; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 458; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 311.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi).
The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):
Ponera unicolor
Holotype male in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Mak.” (= Makassar, Sulawesi) and with a Donisthorpe type-label. Gastral apex of holotype is missing. There is a second male in Oxford University Museum of Natural History, from Tondano (Sulawesi), apparently of the same species and complete.
Description
References
- Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(10): 441-476 (page 458, Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera))
- Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).
- Smith, F. 1860a. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at Celebes. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4 4: 57-93 (page 73, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
- Emery C. 1901. Formiciden von Celebes. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 14:565-580.
- Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.