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Tetraponera notabilis
| Tetraponera notabilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
| Genus: | Tetraponera |
| Species: | T. notabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetraponera notabilis Ward, 2001
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This species is known from the type locality in northern Thailand, a lowland rainforest site in peninsular Malaysia and Yunnan Province, China.
Identification
Ward (2001) - The presence of posteroventral petiolar teeth, short scapes, large eyes and dense punctate sculpture on the anteromedial third of the pronotum places T. notabilis in the Tetraponera nitida complex. Within this complex it is easily identified by its elongate head, slender petiole, and longer legs (LHT /HW 0.85-0.89, v. 0.69-0.79 in other members of the complex). An alate queen from the type locality exhibits the same features as the workers, in more exaggerated form (CI 0.66, PLI 0.38, PWI 0.32, LHT/HW 0.90).
Keys including this Species
- Key to Tetraponera of China
- Key to Tetraponera of the Oriental and Australian regions
- Key to Tetraponera queens of the Oriental and Australian regions
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 21.96405556° to 3°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Thailand (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- notabilis. Tetraponera notabilis Ward, 2001: 640, figs. 76, 84 (w.q.) THAILAND.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
HW 0.87-0.90, HL 1.13-1.24, LHT 0.74-0.80, CI 0.73-0.77, FCI 0.14, REL 0.43-0.45, REL2 0.58-0.60, SI 0.55, SI3 0.92-0.94, FI 0.52-0.53, PLI 0.43-0.49, PWI 0.36-0.38, PDI 1.03-1.07, LHT/HW 0.85-0.89, CSC 2-4, MSC 2-3.
Slender, medium-sized species, with elongate head (CI <0.80); anterior clypeal margin broadly convex, slightly crenulate medially; distance between frontal carinae slightly exceeding maximum scape width; eye large, its length greater than that of the scape; pro femur short and broad (FI >0.50); mesosoma elongate, with well defined lateral pronotal margins; mesopropodeal impression with a short transverse band of longitudinal carinulae followed by a smooth, pit-shaped depression; propodeum slightly higher than wide, in posterior view the summit broadly rounded; in lateral profile, dorsal face of propodeum rounding gradually into the declivitous face; petiole elongate and thin, much longer than high or wide (see PLI and PWI indices), and with a pair of posteroventral teeth formed by lateral projections of the petiolar sternite; metabasitarsal sulcus associated with a slightly darkened ridge and occupying about two-thirds the length of the segment. Integument with numerous fine punctures on a smooth, shiny background; punctures on upper half of head mostly ≤0.015 mm in diameter, and separated by several to many diameters; punctures denser (separated by about their diameters or less) on anteromedial third of pronotum, on mesonotum and on dorsal face of propodeum; lower malar area with coarser punctures and with weak, irregular longitudinal rugulae. Standing pilosity relatively scarce, present on gaster, venter and apex of head and on the following dorsal surfaces: 2-4 setae on posterior third of head, 2-3 on pronotum, 4-6 on petiole and 7-9 on postpetiole; several standing hairs also present on scape and on posterior face of pro femur; shorter appressed pubescence common on most of body, forming a dense mat on postpetiole and gaster where the appressed hairs overlap extensively. Black, with mandibles, tarsi and funicular segments 2-11 dark brown; protibia, protarsus, scape and first funicular segment lighter medium-brown.
Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Sakaerat lowland, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 10.vii.l999 (S. Yamane) (The Natural History Museum). Paratypes. 2 workers, I alate queen, same data as holotype (Ant Museum, KUES, Philip S. Ward Collection).
References
- Ward, P. S. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebrate Taxonomy. 15:589-665. (page 640, figs. 76, 84 worker, queen described)
- Xu, Z.-H, and Chai, Z.-Q. 2004. Systematic study on the ant genus Tetraponera F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 29(1): 63-76 (new record for China)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Ward P. S. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 589-665.
- Xu Z. and Z.-Q. Chai. 2004. Systematic study on the ant genus Tetraponera F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 29(1): 63-76.