Cryptopone

Cryptopone
Cryptopone gilva worker
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus:
Emery, 1893
Type species
Cryptopone testacea
Emery, 1893
Diversity[1]
23 species

Cryptopone is a genus of ponerine ants containing 23 valid species, all of which are extant.[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] Wadeura was previously synonymized under this genus, however, its two species (now four) were separated out again by Branstetter & Longino, 2022.[1]

Species

  • Cryptopone arabica Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
  • Cryptopone butteli Forel, 1913
  • Cryptopone crassicornis (Emery, 1897)
  • Cryptopone fusciceps Emery, 1900
  • Cryptopone gigas Wu & Wang, 1995
  • Cryptopone gilva (Roger, 1863)
  • Cryptopone gilvagrande Branstetter & Longino, 2022
  • Cryptopone gilvatumida Branstetter & Longino, 2022
  • Cryptopone guatemalensis (Forel, 1899)
  • 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

  1. ^ a b Bolton, B. (2024). "Cryptopone". AntCat. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Genus: Cryptopone". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  3. ^ 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.