Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Amblyopone castaneus Smith, 1860b PDF: 105, pl. 1, fig. 6 (w.) INDONESIA (Bacan I.). Australasia. Primary type information: Type-material: 2 syntype workers. Type-locality: Indonesia: Bachian (= Bacan) I., “Bac” (
A.R. Wallace). Type-depository: OXUM.
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Roger, 1862c PDF: 292;
Smith, 1863a PDF: 18;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 20;
Mayr, 1867a PDF: 90 (redescription);
Smith, 1871a PDF: 324;
Emery, 1887f PDF: 447;
Emery, 1888: 531;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 15;
Emery, 1897: 547;
Forel, 1900d PDF: 54;
Emery, 1900: 661;
Forel, 1901c: 5;
Dahl, 1901 PDF: 18;
Bingham, 1903 PDF: 33;
Emery, 1911e PDF: 26;
Viehmeyer, 1912b PDF: 4;
Forel, 1913l PDF: 5;
Mann, 1919 PDF: 281;
Stitz, 1925c PDF: 110;
Karavaiev, 1930a PDF: 212;
Donisthorpe, 1932c PDF: 461;
Menozzi, 1932d PDF: 3;
Wheeler, 1935g: 9;
Donisthorpe, 1942c PDF: 31;
Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 22;
Wilson, 1958c PDF: 144;
Brown, 1960a: 213;
Taylor & Brown, 1985: 35;
Taylor, 1987a PDF: 41;
Bolton, 1995b: 270;
Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005 PDF: 28;
Mohanraj et al., 2010 PDF: 6;
Pfeiffer et al., 2011 PDF: 32;
Xu & He, 2011 PDF: 232 (redescription);
Sarnat et al., 2013 PDF: 69;
Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 18;
Jaitrong et al., 2016 PDF: 22;
Dias et al., 2020 10.3897/zookeys.967.54432 PDF: 15;
Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020 10.3897/zookeys.998.54902 PDF: 9;
Wang et al., 2022 10.20362/am.015006 PDF: 22.
Senior synonym of
Myopopone rufula:
Roger, 1862c PDF: 292;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 20;
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 430;
Forel, 1900d PDF: 54;
Bingham, 1903 PDF: 33;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 15;
Emery, 1911e PDF: 26;
Wilson, 1958c PDF: 144;
Brown, 1960a: 215;
Bolton, 1995b: 270.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Asia: Borneo,
Brunei,
Cambodia,
China,
India,
Indonesia,
Laos,
Malaysia,
Myanmar,
Nicobar Island,
Philippines,
Singapore,
Sri Lanka,
Thailand,
Timor-Leste,
Vietnam Oceania: Australia,
Papua New Guinea,
Solomon Islands Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Australasia,
Indomalaya
Distribution Notes:
Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Borneo, New Guinea, A Vietnam,
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 13 times found in Rainforest, 1 times found in Rainforest (disturbed), 1 times found in 2nd growth rainforest, 1 times found in bamboo forest, 1 times found in dipterocarp rainforest, 1 times found in primary forest, plot 4.
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 5 times In log, 3 times Ex rotten log, 2 times Ex rtn log, 2 times Zoraptera stage rtn. log, 1 times nest in dry log, 1 times Logs, 1 times In small log, 1 times in dead trunk, 1 times clearing, 1 times 8am, dead on leaf.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 1 times Berlesate, 1 times Malaise trap, 1 times search.
Elevations: collected from 50 - 1500 meters, 411 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1875-10-01 00:00:00.0 and 2016-02-01 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Holotype of Myopopone castanea bugnioni: casent0102523; Holotype of Myopopone moelleri: casent0102183; Holotype of Myopopone picea: casent0102181; Holotype of Myopopone similis: castype06962; Holotype of Myopopone wollastoni: casent0102182; paratype of Myopopone rossi: casent0102180; syntype of Myopopone beccarii: casent0102121; syntype of Myopopone castanea: casent0901371; syntype of Myopopone rossi: castype06936; syntype of Myopopone beccarii: casent0903794; syntype of Myopopone castanea bakeri: casent0913589; syntype of Myopopone castanea proxima: casent0913590; syntype of Myopopone moelleri striatifrons: casent0913591; type of Myopopone castanea bugnioni: casent0104580; type of Myopopone castanea proxima: focol0835, casent0104579; type of Myopopone maculata: casent0104581
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