Metapone quadridentata
Eguchi, 1998
valid
Metapone quadridentata
Eguchi, 1998:
605, figs. 1-3 (w.q.l.)
BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sabah).
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Malaysia: Sabah, Poring, 21.xi.1996, Eg96-BOR-263 (K. Eguchi). Type-depository: MBSM.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 11 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories: ANIC, KEPC, MBSM, MNHA.
- Status as species: Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 47; Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 521 (redescription); Wang et al., 2019: 140 (in key).
Citations
- Eguchi, K. 1998. A new ant of the genus Metapone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Sabah, Borneo. Entomological Science 1:605-609.
- Pfeiffer, M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58. PDF
- Taylor, R. W.; Alpert, G. D. 2016. The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4105 (6):501-545. 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.6.1 PDF
- Wang, W. Y.; Yamada, A.; Eguchi, K. 2019. Discovery of a new ant species of the elusive termitophilous genus Metapone in Singapore (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with the first detailed description of male genitalia of the genus. ZooKeys 876:125-141. 10.3897/zookeys.876.35739 PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
- All genera
- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae
- Acanthomyrmex
- Adlerzia
- Ancyridris
- Aretidris
- Atopomyrmex
- Calyptomyrmex
- Cardiocondyla
- Carebara
- Cataulacus
- Crematogaster
- Cyphoidris
- Dacatria
- Dacetinops
- Dicroaspis
- Dilobocondyla
- Diplomorium
- †Enneamerus
- †Eocenomyrma
- Eutetramorium
- Formicoxenus
- Formosimyrma
- Gaoligongidris
- Gauromyrmex
- Harpagoxenus
- Huberia
- †Hypopomyrmex
- Indomyrma
- Kartidris
- Lasiomyrma
- Leptothorax
- Liomyrmex
- †Lonchomyrmex
- Lophomyrmex
- Lordomyrma
- Malagidris
- Mayriella
- Melissotarsus
- Meranoplus
- Metapone
- Myrmecina
- Nesomyrmex
- Ocymyrmex
- †Oxyidris
- †Parameranoplus
- Paratopula
- Perissomyrmex
- Peronomyrmex
- Podomyrma
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- Proatta
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- †Stigmomyrmex
- †Stiphromyrmex
- Strongylognathus
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- Terataner
- Tetheamyrma
- Tetramorium
- †Thanacomyrmex
- Trichomyrmex
- Vitsika
- Vollenhovia
- Vombisidris
- Xenomyrmex