Myopopone castanea

Distribution
This taxon was described from Indonesia (Batjan Island). It is widespread, being found in the Philippines, Indonesia (Borneo), New Guinea, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam, Australia (northern Queensland), Malaysia and the Solomon Islands.

Biology
Lives in rotten logs on the ground.

Abundance
Frequently collected in rotten logs.

Foraging/Diet
General predator on other insects found in old logs.

Nomenclature

 *  castanea. Amblyopone castaneus Smith, F. 1860b: 105, pl. 1, fig. 6 (w.) INDONESIA (Batjan I.). Mayr, 1867a: 90 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964b: 446 (l.). Combination in Myopopone: Roger, 1862c: 292. Senior synonym of rufula: Roger, 1862c: 292; of picea, rossi, similis, smithi, wollastoni: Wilson, 1958a: 144; of bakeri (and its junior synonym proxima), beccarii, bugnioni, maculata, moelleri, striatifrons: Brown, 1960a: 215.
 * maculata. Myopopone maculata Roger, 1861a: 50 (w.q.) SRI LANKA. Donisthorpe, 1942c: 29 (m.). Subspecies of castanea: Dalla Torre, 1893: 15; Forel, 1900c: 54; Forel, 1907a: 17; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 50. Junior synonym of castanea: Bingham, 1903: 33; Brown, 1960a: 215.
 * rufula. Myopopone rufula Roger, 1861a: 52 (w.) INDONESIA (Batjan I.). Junior synonym of castanea: Roger, 1862c: 292; Brown, 1960a: 215.
 * beccarii. Myopopone beccarii Emery, 1887b: 447 (w.) INDONESIA (Ternate I.). Subspecies of castanea: Dalla Torre, 1893: 15; Emery, 1911d: 26. Junior synonym of castanea: Brown, 1960a: 215.
 * moelleri. Myopopone moelleri Bingham, 1903: 34 (q.) INDIA. Donisthorpe, 1942c: 30 (m.). Junior synonym of castanea: Brown, 1960a: 215.
 * bugnioni. Myopopone castanea var. bugnioni Forel, 1913k: 5 (footnote) (q.m.) SRI LANKA. Subspecies of moelleri: Donisthorpe, 1942c: 31. Junior synonym of castanea: Brown, 1960a: 215.
 * bakeri. Myopopone castanea var. bakeri Viehmeyer, 1916b: 283 (w.) PHILIPPINES. Subspecies of moelleri and senior synonym of proxima: Donisthorpe, 1942c: 31. Junior synonym of castanea: Brown, 1960a: 215.
 * proxima. Myopopone castanea var. proxima Stitz, 1925: 110 (w.) PHILIPPINES. Junior synonym of bakeri: Donisthorpe, 1942c: 31. See also: Wilson, 1958a: 145.
 * striatifrons. Myopopone moelleri var. striatifrons Stitz, 1925: 110 (q.) INDONESIA (Lombok I.). Junior synonym of castanea: Brown, 1960a: 215.
 * picea. Myopopone picea Donisthorpe, 1938e: 498 (w.) BORNEO. Junior synonym of castanea: Wilson, 1958a: 144.
 * wollastoni. Myopopone wollastoni Donisthorpe, 1942c: 29 (q.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of castanea: Wilson, 1958a: 144.
 * smithi. Myopopone smithi Donisthorpe, 1947c: 577 (q.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of castanea: Wilson, 1958a: 144.
 * rossi. Myopopone rossi Donisthorpe, 1948b: 297 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of castanea: Wilson, 1958a: 144.
 * similis. Myopopone similis Donisthorpe, 1949b: 488 (q.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of castanea: Wilson, 1958a: 144.

Syntype workers from Bacan (as Bachian), Indonesia.

Additional References

 * [] Brown, W.L.,Jr. 1960. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. 3. Tribe Amblyoponini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 122: 145-230. [(31).iii.1960.]


 * Ito, F. 2010. Notes on the biology of the Oriental amblyoponine ant Myopopone castanea: Queen-worker dimorphism, worker polymorphism and larval hemolymph feeding by workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological Science


 * Mayr, G. (1867). Adnotationes in monographiam formicidarum Indo-Neerlandicarum. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 10: 33–117.
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 * Smith, F. 1860. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4):93-143.