Dinoponera australis
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| Dinoponera australis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Dinoponera |
| Species: | D. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dinoponera australis Emery, 1901 | |
Dinoponera australis is a species of ant notable for its lack of distinct queen caste. Studies have shown that fat storage in this species is related to the division of labour in the colony and non-reproductive individuals are characterized with a lower lipid count than reproductives.[1]
Subspecies
- Dinoponera australis australis Emery, 1901
- Dinoponera australis bucki Borgmeier, 1937
- Dinoponera australis nigricolor Borgmeier, 1937[2]
Distribution
Dinoponera australis has the widest known range of the Dinoponera. This species is found in the department of Santa Cruz in Bolivia, southern Brazil in the states of Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, eastern Paraguay in the departments of Itapúa, Alto Paraná and Guairá, as well as the province of Misiones in Argentina.[3]
References
- ↑ Chris R. Smith, Andrew V. Suarez, Neil D. Tsutsui, Sarah E. Wittman, Benjamin Edmonds, Alex Freauff, Chadwick V. Tillberg (2011). "Nutritional asymmetries are related to division of labor in a queenless ant". PLoS ONE 6 (8): e24011. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024011. PMID 21886914.
- ↑ "Dinoponera australis subspecis Roger, 1861". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ Lenhart, Dash & MacKay 2013, p. 145
- Lenhart, P.; Dash, S. T.; MacKay, W. P. (2013), "A revision of the giant Amazonian ants of the genus Dinoponera (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)", Journal of Hymenoptera Research 31: 119–164, doi:10.3897/JHR.31.4335
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