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Parvaponera myropola
| Parvaponera myropola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Parvaponera |
| Species: | P. myropola |
| Binomial name | |
| Parvaponera myropola (Menozzi, 1925)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
- Queen
    
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- myropola. Euponera (Trachymesopus) myropola Menozzi, 1925c: 444 (q.) PHILIPPINES (Luzon I.).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Philippines: Luzon, Laguna, Los Baños (C.F. Baker).
- Type-depository: IEUB.
- Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 307;
- combination in Parvaponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 200.
- Status as species: Santschi, 1928h: 122; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 65; Baltazar, 1966: 244; Bolton, 1995b: 307.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra), Philippines (Luzon).
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 307, Combination in Pachycondyla)
- Menozzi, C. 1925c. Nouvelles fourmis des Philippines. Philipp. J. Sci. 28: 439-451 (page 444, queen described)
- 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).
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
- Santschi F. 1928. Fourmis de Sumatra, récoltées par Mr. J. B. Corporaal. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 71: 119-140.