Odontomachus tyrannicus Fr. Smith

Wilson EO, 1959, Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia V. The tribe Odontomachini., Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120, pp. 483-510 : 501-502

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3481

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6285716

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scientific name

Odontomachus tyrannicus Fr. Smith
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Odontomachus tyrannicus Fr. Smith (Fig. 4, no. 1)

Odontomachus tyrannicus Fr. Smith , 1859, J. Proc. Linn. Soc. London, Zool., 3:455, worker. Type locality: Aru. Yiehmeyer, 1912, Abh. Zool. Anthrop. Mus. Dresden, 14:6. Nec Odontomachus tyrannicus Fr. Smith , 1861, J. Proe. Linn. Soc. London, Zool., 6:44, pl. 1, fig. 4 (see 0. gladiator Donisthorpe , 1932, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10)10:467). Odontomachus tyrannicus rar. obsolescens Donisthorpe , 1940, Entomologist, 73:106-107, worker, male. Original localities: Kokoda, Papua; Camp Nok, Waigeo. NEW SYNONYMY. (Syntypes examined - MCZ.)

Material examined. WAIGEO : Camp Nok (syntypes). NETH. NEW GUINEA: Mamberamo River (W. C. van Heurn). N-E. NEW GUINEA: Finschhafen (2 series; N. G. L. Wagner, E. S. Ross) ; Lambaeb, 900 m., Saruwaged Ra. (E. J. Ford) ; Sattelberg , 660 m. (Wilson, no. 722) ; Sattelberg-Maroruo, 800-900 m. (Wilson, no. 724) ; Bolingbangeng-Nganduo, 900-1000 m. (Wilson , no. 731). PAPUA: Mt. Lamington (C. T. McNamara); Bisianumu, 500 m. (Wilson, nos. 659, 667). NEW BRITAIN: St. Paul’s, 350 m., Bainings Mts., Gazelle Pen. (J. L. Gressitt) ; Ti, Nakanai Mts. (Ford).

Taxonomic note. The depth of pronotal striation varies greatly, as noted by Donisthorpe in his description of var. obsolescens , but this variation is apparently non-geographic. Both extremes as well as intermediates are included in material from a single locality, Finschhafen.

Ecological note. This species was relatively common in second-growth forest along the native trail between Sattelberg and Nganduo. Both in this area and at Bisianumu, Papua, workers were found foraging on the ground during the day. A note accompanying van Heurn’s Mamberamo series (MCZ) states that this collection was made from a small colony nesting in the soil beneath a fallen palm trunk.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Odontomachus

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