Topic
Cryptopone
About: Cryptopone is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 7 publications have been published within this topic receiving 81 citations.
Papers
TL;DR: New records of Cryptopone for the Neotropical Region with some comments on its biology and an updated key to workers of the five species of cryptopone currently known in the New World are presented.
Abstract: The monophyly of Ponerinae was strongly supported by a detailed molecular phylogenetic study. Within the subfamily, substantial changes were yet done to the taxonomy of several genera, such as Cryptopone Emery, and after phylogenetic and morphological considerations, the genus Cryptopone was revived. Cryptopone is a moderately large genus of pantropical distribution, with 25 described species and subspecies, with its diversity centered mostly in East and Southeast Asia. In the New World, only four species were known until now, Cryptopone gilva (Roger), Cryptopone guianensis (Weber), Cryptopone holmgreni (Wheeler) and Cryptopone mirabilis (Mackay & Mackay). Since the Mackay and Mackay’s revision of 2010 of the genus Pachycondyla which included the species currently attributed to Cryptopone , no new species was added to Cryptopone genus in the New World. Recently an unidentified Cryptopone species was collected in the state of Rondonia, Brazil. The material here described was sampled by manual collection of soil in the Floresta Nacional do Jamari (FLONA Jamari). Four individuals belonging to the worker caste are hereafter described under the name of Cryptopone pauli sp. nov. Currently this ant is known only to a single locality in the state of Rondonia, Brazil. This is also the first record of this genus for that state. We present new records of Cryptopone for the Neotropical Region with some comments on its biology and an updated key to workers of the five species of Cryptopone currently known in the New World.
106 citations
TL;DR: The present supplement contains descriptions of the larvae of 38 additional species in the genera Amblyopone , Anochetus, * Brachyponera, Cryptopone, * Discothyrea, * Eubothroponera , Euponera, Gnamptogenys, * Hagensia, * Heteroponera ; and Mesop onera, which are new to the authors' collection and characterized here for the 1st time.
Abstract: The authors' earlier studies on the larvae of the Ponerinae were published in 1952, 1957, and 1964. The present supplement contains descriptions of the larvae of 38 additional species in the genera Amblyopone , Anochetus , * Brachyponera , Cryptopone , * Discothyrea , * Eubothroponera , Euponera , Gnamptogenys , * Hagensia , * Heteroponera , * Hypoponera , Leptogenys , Mesoponera , * Myopias , Neoponera , Odontomachus , Onychomyrmex , * Ophthalmopone , Platythyrea , Ponera , Prionopelta , Proceratium , and Rhytidoponera . Genera marked with an asterisk are new to the authors' collection and are characterized here for the 1st time. Necessary revisions are made in earlier descriptions and additional references to the literature are cited. Tribes are recharacterized. The earlier classifications of body profiles, mandible shapes, and tubercles are revised. The key to genera is also revised. Since the removal of the genus Myrmecia from the Ponerinae, Paraponera is regarded as the least specialized larva in the subfamily.
The following New Combinations, from Trachymesopus to Mesoponera , are based on larval characters: M. clarki (Wheeler) (= T. clarki (Wheeler)); M. gilberti (Kempf) (= T. gilberti Kempf); M. stigma (F.) (= T. stigma (F.)).
27 citations
Book•
10 Aug 2011
TL;DR: Larvae in the genera Mystrium, Cryptopone, Leptogenys and Simopelta are described and /or figured and the mature larva ofSimopelta is described for the first time.
Abstract: Larvae in the genera Mystrium, Cryptopone, Leptogenys and Simopelta are described and /or figured. The younger larvae of Mystrium and Simopelta are given special attention. The mature larva of Simopelta is described for the first time. References to ponerine larvae in the literature are cited.
12 citations
TL;DR: Acellular nests, a universal feature in Formicidae, may facilitate larval adaptations of benefit both to the larvae themselves and to the functionality of parental colonies, allowing them more efficiently to exploit accessible prey through well-integrated cooperation between adult and immature individuals.
9 citations
TL;DR: In this study, keys to the all known genera and species of the subfamilies in Korea are presented and a synonymic list, description of a worker and comments on each species are given with SEM photographs of worker.
Abstract: A total of 12 species in six genera of the poneromorph subfamilies group in Korea was reviewed. All investigated specimens are classified into three subfamilies; Amblyoponinae, Proceratinae and Ponerinae. Totally six genera were known and Cryptopone, Hypoponera, Pachycondyla and Ponera belong to the subfamily Ponerinae and Amblyopone and Proceratium belongs to the subfamily Amblyoponinae and Proceratinae respectively. In this study, keys to the all known genera and species of the subfamilies in Korea are presented. A synonymic list, description of a worker and comments on each species are given with SEM photographs of worker.
6 citations
Related Topics (5)
Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 1970 | 1 |