Oecophylla smaragdina

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia. Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Krakatau Islands, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore. Oriental Region: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand. Palaearctic Region: China.

Castes
A few aggregations of dealate queens were collected in coastal regions of Northern Territory, Australia. Mated queens can cooperate to found new colonies, but only one survives in established colonies of ''0. smaragdina'' (Peeters & Andersen 1989).



Nomenclature

 *  smaragdina. Formica smaragdina Fabricius, 1775: 828 (q.) INDIA. Jerdon, 1851: 121 (w.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953e: 176 (l.); Crozier, 1970: 115 (k.). Combination in Oecophylla: Smith, F. 1860b: 102. Senior synonym of viridis: Smith, F. 1857a: 53; Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 127; of macra, zonata: Roger, 1863b: 10; Dalla Torre, 1893: 176; of virescens: Mayr, 1872: 143; Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 127. Current subspecies: nominal plus fuscoides, gracilior, gracillima, selebensis, subnitida.
 * virescens. Formica virescens Fabricius, 1775: 392 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Smith, F. 1858b: 30 (m.). Combination in Oecophylla: Smith, F. 1860b: 102. Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 177; Emery, 1921c: 102. Subspecies of smaragdina: Emery, 1887a: 242; Forel, 1915b: 95; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 228 (in key); Emery, 1925b: 52; Karavaiev, 1933a: 315. Junior synonym of smaragdina: Mayr, 1872: 143; Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 127.
 * viridis. Formica viridis Kirby, W. 1819: 478 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of virescens: Roger, 1863b: 10; Dalla Torre, 1893: 177; Emery, 1925b: 52; of smaragdina: Smith, F. 1857a: 53; Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 127.
 * macra. Formica macra Guérin-Méneville, 1831, pl. 8, fig. 1 (w.) "Offack". Junior synonym of virescens: Smith, F. 1858b: 29; of smaragdina: Roger, 1863b: 10; Dalla Torre, 1893: 176; Arnold, 1922: 609.
 * zonata. Formica zonata Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 205 (q.) "Port Praslin". Junior synonym of smaragdina: Roger, 1863b: 10; Dalla Torre, 1893: 176.

Additional References

 * Bharti, H & Kaur, I. 2011. SEM studies on immature stages of weaver ant Oecophylla smaragdina from India. Halteres 3, 16-25.


 * Bharti, H. & Silla, S. 2011. Notes on life history of Oecophylla smaragdina and its potential as biological control agent. Halteres 3, 57-64.


 * [[Media:Cole&Jones 1948.pdf| Cole, A. C., Jr.; Jones, J. W., Jr. 1948. A study of the weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina (Fab.). American Midland Naturalist 39:641-651. [1948-07-28] PDF]]


 * Gill, Katherine & Ellen van Wilgenburg & Peter Taylor & Mark A. Elgar. 2012. Collective retention and transmission of chemical signals in a social insect. Naturwissenschaften, DOI 10.1007/s00114-012-0891-7.
 * [[Media:Offenberg et al 2004.pdf|Offenberg, J., Havanon, S., Aksornkoae, S., MacIntosh, D. J., & Nielsen, M. G. (2004). Observations on the ecology of weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius) in a thai mangrove ecosystem and their effect on herbivory of Rhizophora mucronata lam. Biotropica, 36(3), 344-351. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00326.x PDF]]
 * [[Media:Psyche Oeco.pdf|Peeters, C. & Andersen, A.N. 1989. Cooperation between dealate queens during colony foundation in the Green Tree Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina. Psyche, 96: 39-44. PDF]]
 * Pierre, E.M. & Idris, A.H. 2013. Studies on the predatory activities of Oecophylla smaragdina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Pteroma pendula (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) in oil palm plantations in Teluk Intan, Perak (Malaysia). Asian Myrmecology 5, 163-176.
 * Van Itterbeeck, J, Sivongxay, N, Praxaysombath, B & van Huis, A 2015. Preliminary observations on gravid queen protection in Oecophylla smaragdina: Evacuation and retinue function. Asian Myrmecology 7: 155-158.