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Propodilobus
| Propodilobus | |
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| Propodilobus pingorum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Alliance: | Lordomyrma genus group |
| Genus: | Propodilobus Branstetter, 2009 |
| Type species | |
| Stenamma orientale, now Propodilobus pingorum | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 species (Species Checklist, Species by Country)
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A monotypic genus that is only known from workers of Propodilobus pingorum. Specimens have been collected as part of a soil core in mixed dipterocarp forest, in Berlese Funnel extractions of leaf mold and from winkler sampling of leaf litter. Beyond these collection records, nothing is known about the biology of these ants.
Blaimer et al. (2018) found that Lordomyrma as presently defined is paraphyletic with respect to the genera Lasiomyrma, Propodilobus and Ancyridris. They also found that these four genera occur within a paraphyletic Mayriella genus-group (which includes Dacatria, Kartidris, Mayriella, Proatta and Tetheamyrma).
| At a Glance | • Monotypic |
Identification
Branstetter (2009) - Propodilobus can be distinguished from Stenamma by the reduced palp formula (3,2 versus 4,3), smoothly convex anterior clypeal margin, distinct 3-segmented antennal club (ACI 74-75 versus 60-70), and elongate propodeal lobes. In addition, the postpetiole is broader than long and the scape and funiculus of Propodilobus have a more robust appearance than in Stenamma.
Propodilobus may be confused with Lordomyrma since Lordomyrma is morphologically diverse and currently lacks an adequate diagnosis. It is possible that when a more comprehensive morphological review of Lordomyrma is undertaken or the phylogenetic position of Propodilobus is tested with molecular data, Propodilobus will be synonymized under Lordomyrma or a related genus. Despite this, from the diagnoses listed in Sarnat (2006) and Taylor (2009), Propodilobus can be distinguished from Lordomyrma by its lack of longitudinal carinae on the clypeus, lack of scrobes and frontal carinae, the presence of an elongate petiolar peduncle, and the presence of elongate propodeal lobes.
Diagnosis of worker. With characters of the Myrmicinae as described by Bolton (2003), and the following more specific features:
- Mandibles elongate triangular with 6 teeth which decrease in size irregularly from apex to base; teeth on basal half reduced and poorly defined.
- Palp formula 3,2.
- Apex of anterior clypeal margin smoothly convex.
- Anterior clypeal margin lacking a strong isolated median seta.
- Median portion of clypeus lacking longitudinal carinae.
- Posteromedial margin of clypeus narrowed and prolonged backward between frontal lobes.
- Frontal lobes small and closely approximated, not entirely covering antennal insertions.
- Antennal scrobes and frontal carinae absent.
- Antenna 12 segmented and terminating in a distinct 3-segmented club (ACI 74-75).
- Promesonotum convex and prominent in profile.
- Metanotal groove present.
- Propodeum armed with a pair of well-developed spines.
- Propodeal lobes present and elongate, bluntly triangular in shape and directed posterodorsally; space between lobes and propodeal spines distinctly U-shaped.
- Middle and hind tibiae lacking spurs.
- Pretarsal claws small, simple.
- Petiole with a long, anterior peduncle; anteroventral process lacking.
- Postpetiole broader than long.
Distribution
Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia)
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Species | 2841 | 1736 | 3045 | 932 | 835 | 4379 | 1741 | 2862 |
Biology
Life History Traits
- Mean colony size: ? (Greer et al., 2021)
- Compound colony type: not parasitic (Greer et al., 2021)
- Nest site: hypogaeic (Greer et al., 2021)
- Diet class: ? (Greer et al., 2021)
- Foraging stratum: subterranean/leaf litter (Greer et al., 2021)
Castes
Known only from the worker caste.
Morphology
Worker Morphology
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• Eyes: 11-100 ommatidia • Pronotal Spines: absent • Mesonotal Spines: absent • Propodeal Spines: dentiform • Petiolar Spines: absent • Caste: none or weak • Sting: present • Metaplural Gland: present • Cocoon: absent
Phylogeny
| Myrmicinae |
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See Phylogeny of Myrmicinae for details.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- PROPODILOBUS [Myrmicinae: incertae sedis in Stenammini]
- Propodilobus Branstetter, 2009: 54. Type-species: Stenamma orientale (junior homonym, replaced by Stenamma pingorum), by original designation.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Etymology
The name is descriptive of the prominent propodeal lobes found on the type specimen. It is a combination of propodeum, which is the first abdominal segment in apocritan Hymenoptera, and lobus, L., meaning lobe.
References
- Blaimer, B.B., Ward, P.S., Schultz, T.R., Fisher, B.L., Brady, S.G. 2018. Paleotropical diversification dominates the evolution of the hyperdiverse ant tribe Crematogastrini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 2(5): 3; 1-14 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixy013).
- 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).
- DuBois, M. B. 1998a. A revision of the ant genus Stenamma in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 29: 193-403.
- DuBois, M. B. 2000b. Stenamma pingorum: replacement name for Stenamma orientale (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36: 40.
- [[Media:Emery 1898c.pdf|Emery, C. 1898c. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen. Öfvers. Fin. Vetensk.-Soc. Förh. 20: 1*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).
- Branstetter, M.G. 2009. The ant genus Stenamma Westwood redefined, with a description of a new genus Propodilobus. Zootaxa 2221: 41-57. PDF
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