Acanthognathus
| Acanthognathus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Acanthognathus teledectus worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Acanthognathus Mayr, 1887[1] |
| Type species | |
| Acanthognathus ocellatus Mayr, 1887 | |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 8 species | |
Acanthognathus is a genus of ants that are found in tropical Central and South America.[3]
Description
They are reddish in colour and have long trap-jaws that can be compared to those of Odontomachus. These predatory ants live in small colonies that typically consist of less than 30 adults.[3]
Taxonomy
The genus was established by Mayr (1887) to house the species A. ocellatus, described from a single worker found in Brazil.[4]
Mistakenly, the name Acanthognathus was re-used by German ichthyologist G. Duncker in 1912 for a genus of syngnathid fish,[5] but that is invalid as it is a junior homonym.[6] These are now placed in either Dunckerocampus or Doryrhamphus, as the former sometimes is considered a subgenus of the latter.[7][8] To further confuse, a genus of nemesiid spiders, Acanthogonatus, is frequently misspelled Acanthognathus.
Species
- Acanthognathus brevicornis M. R. Smith, 1944
- Acanthognathus laevigatus Galvis & Fernández, 2009[4]
- Acanthognathus lentus Mann, 1922
- Acanthognathus ocellatus Mayr, 1887
- †Acanthognathus poinari Baroni Urbani, 1994 – fossil
- Acanthognathus rudis Brown & Kempf, 1969
- Acanthognathus stipulosus Brown & Kempf, 1969
- Acanthognathus teledectus Brown & Kempf, 1969
References
- ↑ Mayr, G. (1887). Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37: 511-632.
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Acanthognathus". AntCat. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- 1 2 Brown, W. L., Jr., & W. W. Kempf (1969). A Revision of the Neotropical Dacetine Ant Genus Acanthognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Psyche 76(2): 87-109.
- 1 2 Galvis, J. P.; Fernández, F. (2009). "Ants of Colombia X. Acanthognathus with the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Revista Colombiana de Entomología. 35: 245–249.
- ↑ Duncker, G. (1912). Die Gattungen der Syngnathidae. Mitteilungen Naturhist. Museum Hamburg 29: 219-240.
- ↑ Ride, W.D.L, H.G. Cogger, C. Dupuis, O. Kraus, A. Minelli, F. C. Thompson & P.K. Tubbs, eds. (1999). International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. 4th edition. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. ISBN 0-85301-006-4
- ↑ Whitley, G. P. (1933). Studies in ichthyology. No. 7. Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (1): 60-112, Pls. 11-15.
- ↑ Dawson, C. E. (1985). Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). Gulf Coast Research Lab., Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). i-vi + 1-230.
External links
Data related to Acanthognathus at Wikispecies
Media related to Acanthognathus at Wikimedia Commons