Myopopone castanea

Myopopone castanea
	Myopopone castanea worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Myopopone
Species:	M. castanea
Binomial name
	Myopopone castanea; (Smith, F., 1860)
Synonyms
	Myopopone beccarii Emery, 1887; Myopopone castanea bakeri Viehmeyer, 1916; Myopopone castanea bugnioni Forel, 1913; Myopopone castanea proxima Stitz, 1925; Myopopone maculata Roger, 1861; Myopopone moelleri Bingham, 1903; Myopopone moelleri striatifrons Stitz, 1925; Myopopone picea Donisthorpe, 1938; Myopopone rossi Donisthorpe, 1948; Myopopone rufula Roger, 1861; Myopopone similis Donisthorpe, 1949; Myopopone smithi Donisthorpe, 1947; Myopopone wollastoni Donisthorpe, 1942;

Myopopone castanea is a species of ant in the genus Myopopone. It was described by Smith in 1860.^[2]

Distribution

Myopopone castanea is distributed in several Asian countries (such as Borneo and Indonesia^[3]) and in Australia, where they prefer to nest in rotten wood or bark.^[4]

Ecology

Myopopone castanea is a predator of Coleoptera larvae that has been studied for potential use as a biological pest control insect of Oryctes rhinoceros larvae.^[5] The species is the only species known that has workers engage in larval hemolymph feeding.^[3]

References

^ AntWeb. "Species: Myopopone castanea". The California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
^ Xu, Z.-H. & He, Q.-J. 2011. Description of Myopopone castanea (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Himalaya Region. Entomotaxonomia 33: 231-235.PDF
^ ^a ^b Ito, Fuminori (16 June 2010). "Notes on the biology of the Oriental amblyoponine ant Myopopone castanea: Queen-worker dimorphism, worker polymorphism and larval hemolymph feeding by workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Biology of amblyoponine ant". Entomological Science. 13 (2): 199–204. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00384.x. S2CID 82263442.
^ Wilson, E. O. 1958c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. I. The tribe Leptogenyini. II. The tribes Amblyoponini and Platythyreini. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 118: 101-153 (page 144, Senior synonym of picea, rossi, similis, smithi and wollastoni)
^ Tobing, Maryani Cyccu; Kuswardani, Retna Astuti; Fudholi, Ahmad (August 2020). "Biological aspects of Myopopone castanea on it's [sic] prey Oryctes rhinoceros larvae". Journal of Insect Physiology. 125: 104089. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2020.104089. PMID 32687849. S2CID 220669158.

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[1] AntWeb. "Species: Myopopone castanea". The California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

[2] Xu, Z.-H. & He, Q.-J. 2011. Description of Myopopone castanea (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Himalaya Region. Entomotaxonomia 33: 231-235.PDF

[larvalhemolymph-3] Ito, Fuminori (16 June 2010). "Notes on the biology of the Oriental amblyoponine ant Myopopone castanea: Queen-worker dimorphism, worker polymorphism and larval hemolymph feeding by workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Biology of amblyoponine ant". Entomological Science. 13 (2): 199–204. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00384.x. S2CID 82263442.

[4] Wilson, E. O. 1958c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. I. The tribe Leptogenyini. II. The tribes Amblyoponini and Platythyreini. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 118: 101-153 (page 144, Senior synonym of picea, rossi, similis, smithi and wollastoni)

[5] Tobing, Maryani Cyccu; Kuswardani, Retna Astuti; Fudholi, Ahmad (August 2020). "Biological aspects of Myopopone castanea on it's [sic] prey Oryctes rhinoceros larvae". Journal of Insect Physiology. 125: 104089. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2020.104089. PMID 32687849. S2CID 220669158.

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