Vollenhovia oblonga

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Vollenhovia oblonga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Vollenhovia
Species: V. oblonga
Binomial name
Vollenhovia oblonga
(Smith, F., 1860)

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies
Synonyms

Identification

Key

Indian Vollenhovia

  • Mesosoma smooth and shiny, with a few delicate scattered punctures anteriorly; mandibles with 6 teeth; body length ≤ 2 mm . . . . . .Vollenhovia oblonga (subspecies laevithorax, larger size worker 3.75—4.0 mm)
  • Mesosoma punctured; mandibles with 7 teeth; body length ≥ 2.5 mm Vollenhovia gastropunctata

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.893707° to -20.992°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia.
Indo-Australian Region: Guam, Indonesia (type locality), Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Guinea, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.
Oriental Region: India.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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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Worker. Specimen code casent0101274. Photographer Michele Esposito, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0101601. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0102058. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0102059. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.
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Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0178419. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by AMNH, New York, NY, USA.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0178420. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by AMNH, New York, NY, USA.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0191433. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0199896. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by EMSC, Eli M. Sarnat Collection.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0217982. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Syntype of Myrmica poneroidesQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0901008. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.
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Holotype of Myrmica pedestrisQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0901384. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.
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Syntype of Vollenhovia oblongaWorker. Specimen code casent0901385. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by OUM, Oxford, UK.
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Syntype of Vollenhovia oblonga laevithoraxWorker. Specimen code casent0904539. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.
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Syntype of Vollenhovia laevithorax rufescensWorker. Specimen code casent0904540. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.
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Syntype of Vollenhovia oblonga disparWorker. Specimen code casent0908658. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Vollenhovia oblonga bandarensisWorker. Specimen code casent0908659. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • oblonga. Myrmica oblonga Smith, F. 1860b: 107 (w.) INDONESIA (Batjan I.). Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 144 (q.). Combination in Vollenhovia: Emery, 1897d: 560. Senior synonym of poneroides: Emery, 1897d: 560; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 463. Current subspecies: nominal plus alluaudi, bandarensis, dispar, laevithorax, pedestris, rufescens.
  • poneroides. Myrmica poneroides Smith, F. 1860b: 107 (q.) INDONESIA (Batjan I.). Combination in Vollenhovia: Mayr, 1886c: 361. Junior synonym of oblonga: Emery, 1897d: 560; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 463.

Type Material

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Myrmica oblonga

Two worker syntypes in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Labelled “Bac.” (= Batjan I.). One specimen has the gaster missing.

Myrmica poneroides

Three queen syntypes in Oxford University Museum of Natural History (2 on one card, 1 on another), one queen syntype in The Natural History Museum. The Oxford University Museum of Natural History singleton labelled “Batchian.” (= Batjan I.), the others labelled “Bac.” Both Oxford University Museum of Natural History cards also have old labels, “Myrmica poneroides.”

Description

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description (Smith, 1860) page 107 as Myrmica oblonga.

Worker

Length - 1 ¾ line.

Obscure ferruginous, with the antennae, head anteriorly, mandibles, legs, and the apex of the abdomen, pale ferruginous. The head oblong and delicately striated; the eyes small and placed forward at the sides of the head. Thorax smooth and shining, with a few delicate scattered punctures anteriorly. Abdomen oblong-ovate, the apex pointed; thinly sprinkled with pale glittering hairs.

Hab. Bachian.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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