Myopopone castanea

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Myopopone castanea
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Myopopone castanea worker
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Myopopone
Species:
M. castanea
Binomial name
Myopopone castanea
(Smith, F., 1860)
Synonyms [1]
  • Myopopone beccarii Emery, 1887
  • Myopopone castanea bakeriViehmeyer, 1916
  • Myopopone castanea bugnioniForel, 1913
  • Myopopone castanea proximaStitz, 1925
  • Myopopone maculataRoger, 1861
  • Myopopone moelleriBingham, 1903
  • Myopopone moelleristriatifrons Stitz, 1925
  • Myopopone piceaDonisthorpe, 1938
  • Myopopone rossiDonisthorpe, 1948
  • Myopopone rufulaRoger, 1861
  • Myopopone similisDonisthorpe, 1949
  • Myopopone smithiDonisthorpe, 1947
  • Myopopone wollastoniDonisthorpe, 1942

Myopopone castanea is a species of ant in the genus Myopopone . It was described by Smith in 1860. [2]

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Distribution

Myopopone castanea is distributed in several Asian countries (such as Borneo and Indonesia [3] ) and in Australia, where they prefer to nest in rotten wood or bark. [4]

Ecology

Myopopone castanea is a predator of Coleoptera larvae that has been studied for potential use as a biological pest control insect of Oryctes rhinoceros larvae. [5] The species is the only species known that has workers engage in larval hemolymph feeding. [3]

References

  1. ↑ AntWeb. "Species: Myopopone castanea". The California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Xu, Z.-H. & He, Q.-J. 2011. Description of Myopopone castanea (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Himalaya Region. Entomotaxonomia 33: 231-235.PDF
  3. 1 2 Ito, Fuminori (16 June 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): Biology of amblyoponine ant". Entomological Science. 13 (2): 199–204. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00384.x. S2CID   82263442.
  4. ↑ Wilson, E. O. 1958c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. I. The tribe Leptogenyini. II. The tribes Amblyoponini and Platythyreini. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 118: 101-153 (page 144, Senior synonym of picea, rossi, similis, smithi and wollastoni)
  5. ↑ Tobing, Maryani Cyccu; Kuswardani, Retna Astuti; Fudholi, Ahmad (August 2020). "Biological aspects of Myopopone castanea on it's[ sic ] prey Oryctes rhinoceros larvae". Journal of Insect Physiology. 125 104089. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2020.104089. PMID   32687849. S2CID   220669158.


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