Ant Species Diversity in the Bogor Botanic Garden, West Java, Indonesia, with Descriptions of Two New Species of the Genus Leptanilla(Hymenoptera, Formicidae).

文紀, 伊藤; 正気, 山根; 克之, 江口; Noerdjito, Woro A.; Kahono, Sih; 和希, 辻; 恭祐, 大河原; 克典, 山内; 隆義, 西田; 浩二, 中村

doi:10.3759/tropics.10.379

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“…Ants were found to be highly abundant in the canopy, the vegetation, as well as in the ground leaf litter (e.g. VERHAAGH 1990, TOBIN 1995, FLOREN & LINSENMAIR 1997, BRÜHL et al 1998, ITO et al 2001. A variety of methods was developed to evaluate ant diversity within the particular strata (e.g.…”

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Hypogaeic and epigaeic ant diversity on Borneo: evaluation of baited sieve buckets as a study method

Berghoff¹,

Maschwitz²,

Linsenmair³

2003

Tropical Zoology

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Numerous studies have been conducted to investigate the diversity of ground ant communities. However, despite their potential importance for tropical ecosystems, hypogaeically foraging ant species were often neglected or only marginally touched by these studies. This was mainly due to the difficult sampling of these cryptic species. We successfully used palm oil-baited sieve buckets to study ground and especially hypogaeically foraging ant species on Borneo. We suggest the inclusion of sieve buckets into future studies of ground ant communities to obtain a more comprehensive record of the hypogaeic ant fauna than could be sampled with the methods hitherto applied. As expected, the species yield (85 collected species from 32 genera) was lower than in studies employing several and more generalized sampling methods. However, a large proportion of our collected species (48%) had not been collected during a previous study that extensively sampled the same area. Of the collected species, 55% foraged at least partially below the soil surface, 47% of which had not been collected by Winkler litter sifting in a previous study in the same area. Furthermore, by employing sieve buckets, we could show different hypogaeic species to be undersampled by other studies using different methods in the same area. Although the oil was accessible to epigaeically as well as hypogaeically foraging species, only 45 species demonstrably fed on the oil. The attractiveness of oil for ant species of different genera is discussed. Since oil was not a generally attractive baiting substance, we tested sieve buckets baited with tuna and cookies. We conclude that sieve buckets baited with tuna and oil represent a quick and easy method well suited to supplement other methods, finally enabling the inclusion of hypogaeic ant species in ground ant diversity studies.

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Hypogaeic and epigaeic ant diversity on Borneo: evaluation of baited sieve buckets as a study method

Berghoff¹,

Maschwitz²,

Linsenmair³

2003

Tropical Zoology

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“…The posterodorsal corner of the prodeum also more angular in Leptanilla hypodracos while being more rounded in Leptanilla clypeata . In full-face view, the mandibles of Leptanilla hypodracos display a long and well-defined basal tooth, however this character is neither visible in the observed specimen of Leptanilla clypeata nor on the figures of Ito et al (2001, Figures 7A, C).…”

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“…In Leptanilla hypodracos , the petiolar node is nearly twice longer than wide (PI = 60, PTL = 0.10 mm, PTW = 0.06 mm) and the postpetiole is longer than wide, and also more rounded (PPI = 90, PPL = 0.9 mm, PPW = 0.08 mm). However in Leptanilla clypeata , the petiolar node is almost as wide as long (PI = 82, PTL = 0.11 mm, PTW = 0.09 mm in Ito et al 2001; new measurements PI = 100, PTL = 0.10 mm, PTW = 0.10 mm), while the postpetiole is distinctly wider than long (PPI = 137, PPW = 0.11 mm, PPL = 0.08 mm in Ito et al 2001; new measurements PPI = 133, PPW = 0.12 mm, PPL = 0.09 mm) contrary to Leptanilla hypodracos . Hairs on the posterodorsal subpetiolar process of Leptanilla hypodracos are sparser and shorter than in Leptanilla clypeata .…”

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Leptanilla hypodracos sp. n., a new species of the cryptic ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Singapore, with new distribution data and an updated key to Oriental Leptanilla species

Wong¹,

Guénard²

2016

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A new species of the cryptic and rarely collected ant genus Leptanilla is described. Leptanilla hypodracos sp. n. is the first Leptanilla recorded from Singapore in over a century since Leptanilla havilandi Forel, 1901 and represents the fourth species of Leptanilla known from the Malay Peninsula. An updated key to the Leptanilla of the Oriental region is presented. Taxonomic comparisons between Leptanilla hypodracos sp. n. and four morphologically similar species are provided with particular attention given to Leptanilla clypeata Yamane & Ito, 2001, for which new measurements and indices are presented. The first report is presented for the Leptanillinae subfamily from the southeastern part of China with a worker of the genus Leptanilla collected in Hong Kong. Finally, the potential of subterranean bait to collect Leptanilla species is discussed.

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“…vieti and C . bandarensis were frequently collected as nest series in northern Vietnam (Eguchi et al ., ) and Bogor, Indonesia (Ito et al ., ), respectively.…”

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Systematics and biogeography of the ant genusCrematogasterLund subgenusOrthocremaSantschi in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Hosoishi

Ogata

2016

Zool J Linn Soc

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The subgenus Orthocrema of the ant genus Crematogaster is a well defined group and diverse in the tropical Asia. Its systematics has remained poorly understood because of a lack of modern revisionary work. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) is revised for the Asian region, and 27 species including ten new species are recognized. Five species groups: the C. baduvi group (4 spp.); the C. binghamii group (3 spp.); the C. biroi group (10 spp.); the C. moatensis group (1 sp.); the C. quadriruga group (9 spp.) are established based on worker caste morphology. A key to Asian species of the subgenus Orthocrema based on the worker caste is given. Phylogenetic relationships of Asian Orthocrema are analyzed. The analysis revealed that the C. baduvi‐, C. binghamii‐, and C. biroi groups are monophyletic, and that the allopatric distribution patterns of closely related species imply that Asian Orthocrema is composed of relatively young taxa. There have been at least three west‐to‐east dispersal events across Wallace's line in the C. baduvi‐, C. quadriruga‐ and C. biroi groups. © 2016 The Linnean Society of London

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Ant Species Diversity in the Bogor Botanic Garden, West Java, Indonesia, with Descriptions of Two New Species of the Genus Leptanilla(Hymenoptera, Formicidae).

Cited by 24 publications

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Hypogaeic and epigaeic ant diversity on Borneo: evaluation of baited sieve buckets as a study method

Hypogaeic and epigaeic ant diversity on Borneo: evaluation of baited sieve buckets as a study method

Leptanilla hypodracos sp. n., a new species of the cryptic ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Singapore, with new distribution data and an updated key to Oriental Leptanilla species

Systematics and biogeography of the ant genusCrematogasterLund subgenusOrthocremaSantschi in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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