Photos and Info on Ants and Termites of Malaysia: January 2011

This is one of the largest of the Odontotermes termite species in this location. The soldier measured a full 10 mm.

Odontotermes longignathus soldiers and workers.

The soldier of Odontotermes longignathus here showing the length of this termite.

An Odontotermes longignathus soldier.

Profile view of Odontotermes longignathus soldier.

Side profile view of Odontotermes longignathus soldier.

Front view of Odontotermes longignathus soldier.

Odontotermes longignathus soldier viewed from top.

The workers of Odontotermes longignathus.

Typical of Odontotermes the workers of Odontermes longignathus are monomorphic.

Close up of an Odontotermes longignathus worker.

See also other species of this genus:

See also:

Taxonomy

No rank: cellular organisms

Superkingdom (Domain): Eukaryota

No rank: Opisthokonta

Kingdom: Metazoa

No rank: Eumetazoa

No rank (Subkingdom): Bilateria

No rank (Branch): Protostomia

No rank (Infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa

No rank (Superphylum): Panarthropoda

Phylum: Arthropoda

No rank (Subphylum): Mandibulata

No rank: Pancrustacea

Subphylum (Epiclass): Hexapoda

Class: Insecta

No rank (Subclass): Dicondylia

Subclass (Infraclass): Pterygota

Infraclass: Neoptera

No rank: Polyneoptera

No rank (Superorder): Dictyoptera

Order: Blattodea

Superfamily: Blattoidea

No rank: Termitoidae 1912919

Family: Termitidae 46569

Subfamily: Macrotermitinae 62955

Genus: Odontotermes 60587

Species List:

001. adampurensis

002. agilis

003. akengeensis

004. amanicus

005. anamallensis

006. anceps

007. angustatus

008. angustignathus

009. angustipennis

010. annulicornis

011. apollo

012. aquaticus

013. assmuthi

014. aurora

015. badius

016. bellahunisensis

017. bequaerti

018. bhagwatii

019. billitoni

020. boetonensis

021. bomaensis

022. boranicus

023. borgoriensis

024. bottegoanus

025. boveni

026. brunneus

027. buchholzi

028. butteli

029. caffrariae

030. capensis

031. celebensis

032. ceylonicus

033. classicus

034. conignathus

035. culturarum

036. denticulatus

037. diana

038. dimorphus

039. distans

040. dives

041. djampeensis

042. domesticus

043. ebeni

044. egregius

045. elgonensis

046. erodens

047. escherichi

048. fallax

049. feae

050. feaeoides

051. fidens

052. flammifrons

053. fockianus

054. fontanellus

055. formosanus

056. foveafrons

057. fulleri

058. fuyangensis

059. ganpati

060. garambae

061. giriensis

062. globicola

063. grandiceps

064. grassei

065. gravelyi

066. guptai

067. gurdaspurensis

068. hageni

069. hainanensis

070. holmgreni

071. horai

072. horni

073. incisus

074. indicus

075. indrapurensis

076. interveniens

077. iratus

078. javanicus

079. kapuri

080. karawajevi

081. karnyi

082. kibarensis

083. koenigi

084. kulkarnii

085. lacustris

086. latericius

087. latialatus

088. latigula

089. latiguloides

090. latissimus

091. lautus

092. lobintactus

093. longignathus

094. longigula

095. longzhouensis

096. luoyangensis

097. maesodensis

098. magadalenae

099. makassarensis

100. malaccensis

101. maladictus

102. malelaensis

103. maliki

104. mathuri

105. maximus

106. mediocris

107. meridionalis

108. microdentatus

109. microps

110. minutus

111. mirganjensis

112. mohandi

113. monodon

114. montanus

115. mukimbunginis

116. neodenticulatus

117. nilensis

118. nolaensis

119. obesus

120. oblongatus

121. okahandjae

122. ostentans

123. palmquisti

124. paradenticulatus

125. paralatigula

126. parallelus

127. paraoblongatus

128. parvidens

129. patruus

130. pauperans

131. peshawarensis

132. planiceps

133. praevalens

134. preliminaris

135. pretoriensis

136. prodives

137. profeae

138. proformosanus

139. prolatigula

140. proximus

141. pujiangensis

142. pyriceps

143. qianyangensis

144. ramulosus

145. rectanguloides

146. redemanni

147. rehobothensis

148. robustus

149. rothschildianus

150. salebrifrons

151. sarawakensis

152. schmitzi

153. scrutor

154. sellathorax

155. shanglinensis

156. sikkimensis

157. silamensis

158. silvaticus

159. silvestrii

160. silvicolus

161. simalurensis

162. simplicidens

163. sinabangensis

164. singsiti

165. sjostedti

166. smeathmani

167. snyderi

168. somaliensis

169. stanleyvillensis

170. stercorivorus

171. sudanensis

172. sundaicus

173. takensis

174. tanganicus

175. taprobanes

176. terricola

177. tragardhi

178. transvaalensis

179. vaishno

180. vulgaris

181. wallonensis

182. wuzhishanensis

183. yadevi

184. yaoi

185. yarangensis

186. yunnanensis

187. zambesiensis

188. zulunatalensis

189. zunyiensis

Last Updated: 2012 05 18

This post previously listed as Pachycondyla is no longer (by the decree of the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlatives experts) of the genus Pachycondyla which has been since 2014 C.E. been redefined to be strictly just Neotropic ants that are to be found no where else except in the Neotropics (relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Central and South America, including the tropical southern part of Mexico and the Caribbean). Any species resembling by morphology or even genetics of this newly restrictedly redefined genus cannot be and must not be Pachycondyla.

So to obey this decree, all the species in this blog previously classified under Pachycondyla will be redefined as other genera as per this decree. This will be as and when I can find the spare time (redefining still on going).

This post consist of genera of Ponerinae and other subfamilies of ants (previously under the genus Pachycondyla) which have hunter queens. Maybe one day when I have tons of times to spare and nothing better to do, I may redo this post in entirely (instead of a just a cosmetic touch up).

Some of the species (of this location) of the ants in this post are specialist termites hunters. Specialist termite hunters (also includes other arthropods such as centipede) tackle termites differently from other ants that do not specialized on termites. When they encounter termites they kill as many as they can before starting to carry them back to their nest or eat them. They must have 'evolved' this technique to get a higher harvest rate. They also typically stuffed their mandibles with as many as they can carry and not carrying them back one at a time.

Most species are mostly subterranean (at least during the day) and tunneled through the forest soil hunting their preys.

Like Odontoponera, most species of Ponerinae (and also some other subfamily of similar morphology) similarly have 'slippery' feet and the gyne are semi-claustral and hunts for food during the development of her first brood of workers.

Some small species (of the sub tropical region) are currently listed as invasive species and are widely found in the U.S. and known locally as stinging needle ants.

Here then is the decree of the proclaimed and acclaimed Superlative experts on the genus Pachycondyla since redefined, an extract from the Zooxata: The tribal and generic classification of the diverse ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is revised to reflect recent molecular phylogenetic information and a reappraisal of ponerine morphological diversity. The monogeneric tribe Thaumatomyrmecini (Thaumatomyrmex) is newly synonymized under Ponerini (syn. nov.), and the diverse genus Pachycondyla is fragmented into 19 genera, largely along the lines of its junior synonyms: Bothroponera, Brachyponera (gen. rev.), Ectomomyrmex (gen. rev.), Euponera (gen. rev.), Hagensia (gen. rev.), Megaponera (gen. rev.), Mesoponera (gen. rev.), Neoponera (gen. rev.), Ophthalmopone (gen. rev.), Pachycondyla, Paltothyreus (gen. rev.), Pseudoneoponera (gen. rev.), Pseudoponera (gen. rev.), and 6 new genera: Austroponera (gen. nov.), Buniapone (gen. nov.), Fisheropone (gen. nov.), Mayaponera (gen. nov.), Parvaponera (gen. nov.) and Rasopone (gen. nov.).

The 10 millimeters worker. Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki has really tiny rudimentary eyes. There are several look alike species of around the same size (TL varying from 9 to 11 mm) that looks very similar.

A worker of Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki .

Pachycondyla havilandi worker with larva

Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki workers with larvae. Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki are among what I called the fat species.

Ectomomyrmex Sp02.

A worker of a small species. This is a much smaller species at 6 mm. It is around half the size of the species listed above.

Ectomomyrmex sp03.

Here is an even smaller species. An alate gyne (5mm) and worker (4.8mm). A drop of 1.2 mm in size may not seem much but in this case the 6 mm species is 25% larger than the 4.8mm species.

Workers of one of the smallest species.

Similar to Odontomachus, Odontoponera and Diacamma, The male or drone of this genus looks like wasp. Their antennae are "without" the characteristic elbow.

Mesoponera sp4.

A sleek and polished species. This species of Mesoponera is at 9 mm total length

Brachyponera sp5.

This species resembles the previous species but is only a fraction of its size at slightly over 3 mm.

Workers of a polish and sleek looking species of Brachyponera.

Brachyponera sp6.

Another small Brachyponera species.

This species is unique in that the gaster color is different from the body main. It could be an anomaly, possibly infection.

SP14

A large species with workers measuring over 17 millimeters. This species is almost identical to Pseudoneoponera tridentata except for a slight size different of around 2 millimeters. Also the petiole of Pseudoneoponera tridentata is more prominent both broader and higher and having three tiny spines.

SP12

Another large species with workers measuring 14 millimeters. This species is a Ectomomyrmex astuta look alike but is significantly larger.

Pseudoneoponera sp(14)

This species resembles Pseudoneoponera tridentata but at around 12 millimeters is significantly smaller.

Pseudoneoponera tridentata

Worker of Pseudoneoponera tridentata

Gyne of Pseudoneoponera tridentata

Buniapone amblyops.

Buniapone amblyops, a species that look like a cross between ex Pachycondyla and Leptogenys. This species the workers only have rudimentary eyes. This mid size ant hunts both alone and in packs.

Pachycondyla amblyops, a Pachycondyla species that look like a cross between Pachycondyla and Leptogenys.

Measuring around 8 millimeters this monomorphic ant is as effective a solitary hunter as Diacamma and Odontoponera.

Ectomomyrmex astuta

Ectomomyrmex astuta worker.

See also: (in the midst of being revised)

Brachyponera sp(28)

Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki

Ectomomyrmexa sp

Ectomomyrmex sp(18)

Ectomomyrmex sp(03)

Mesoponera sp

Mesoponera sp(02)

Pseudoneoponera tridendata exasperans

Pseudoneoponera sp(14)

Pseudoneoponera sp(13)

Taxonomy

No rank: cellular organisms 131567
Superkingdom (Domain): Eukaryota 2759
No rank: Opisthokonta 33154
Kingdom: Metazoa 33208
No rank: Eumetazoa 6072
No rank (Subkingdom): Bilateria 33213
No rank (Branch): Protostomia 33317
No rank (Infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa
No rank (Superphylum): Panarthropoda 88770
Phylum: Arthropoda 6656
No rank (Subphylum): Mandibulata 197563
No rank: Pancrustacea 197562
Subphylum (Epiclass): Hexapoda 6960
Class: Insecta 50557
No rank (Subclass): Dicondylia 85512
Subclass (Infraclass): Pterygota 7496
Infraclass: Neoptera 33340
Cohort: Holometabola
Order: Hymenoptera 7399
Suborder Apocrita 7400
Infraorder: Aculeata 7434
Superfamily: Formicoidea
Family: Formicidae 36668
Subfamily: Ponerinae 43085
Tribe: Ponerini 141711

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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Odontotermes Longignathus.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Miscellaneous Ponerinae