Cryptopone
| Cryptopone | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Cryptopone gilva worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Cryptopone Emery, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 25 species | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Wadeura Weber, 1939 | |
Cryptopone is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.[2] The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), with the queens being slightly larger.[3]
Species
- Cryptopone arabica Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
- Cryptopone butteli Forel, 1913
- Cryptopone crassicornis (Emery, 1897)
- Cryptopone emeryi Donisthorpe, 1943
- Cryptopone fusciceps Emery, 1900
- Cryptopone gigas Wu & Wang, 1995
- Cryptopone gilva (Roger, 1863)
- Cryptopone guianensis (Weber, 1939)
- Cryptopone hartwigi Arnold, 1948
- Cryptopone holmgreni (Wheeler, 1925)
- Cryptopone jinxiuensis Zhou, 2001
- Cryptopone mirabilis MacKay & MacKay, 2010
- Cryptopone motschulskyi Donisthorpe, 1943
- Cryptopone nicobarensis Forel, 1905
- Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)
- Cryptopone pseudogigas Zhou & Zheng, 1997
- Cryptopone recticlypea Xu, 1998
- Cryptopone rotundiceps (Emery, 1914)
- Cryptopone sauteri (Wheeler, 1906)
- Cryptopone sinensis Wang, 1992
- Cryptopone subterranea Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013
- Cryptopone taivanae (Forel, 1913)
- Cryptopone tengu Terayama, 1999
- Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893
- Cryptopone typhlos (Karavaiev, 1935)
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Cryptopone". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ↑ "Genus: Cryptopone". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ Schmidt, C. A; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior". Zootaxa 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.
External links
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