词条 | Tyrannomyrmex |
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|image = Tyrannomyrmex dux casent0178233 profile 1.jpg |image_caption = T. dux holotype worker from India[1] |taxon = Tyrannomyrmex |authority = Fernández, 2003 |diversity_link = #Species |diversity = 4 species |diversity_ref = [1] |type_species = Tyrannomyrmex rex |type_species_authority = Fernández, 2003 }} Tyrannomyrmex is a rare tropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Three similar species, only known from workers, are recognized and share small eyes and edentate mandibles. SpeciesTwo of the species are known only from single worker specimens, but a single male specimen collected in 1965 possibly represents the male of an otherwise unknown species, and T. alii is known from a series of over 35 gynes and workers.[4] So far, all species of Tyrannomyrmex occur in tropical Old World forests. The wide distribution range from India and Sri Lanka in the west to peninsular Malaysia and perhaps the Philippine archipelago in the east suggests that more species may be discovered.[5]
For the first time in a decade, in 2017, the extremely rare ant was seen alive, living in the dirt of Singapore's Mandai area, according to a report by National Geographic. TaxonomyIn 2003, Fernández described a new genus and species, Tyrannomyrmex rex, from peninsular Malaysia based on a single specimen collected from leaf litter at Negri Sembilan, Pasoh Forest Reserve in 1994.[10] Fernández was unable to place the new genus in any existing myrmicine tribe although several potential candidates were considered including the Adelomyrmecini and Solenopsidini. Without additional specimens or molecular data this genus was temporarily placed as incertae sedis within the subfamily Myrmicinae.[11] A second species, T. dux, was described by Borowiec (2007) based on a single specimen collected from leaf litter in southern India in 1999.[7] A single worker of a third species, T. legatus, described Alpert (2013) was collected in 2006 from leaf litter in a lowland dipterocarp undisturbed forest in southern Sri Lanka. This species is generally similar to the two previously described species of Tyrannomyrmex.[13] Fernández (2003) provisionally concluded that Tyrannomyrmex is a distinct and isolated myrmicine genus with possible affinities to either the Adelomyrmex-genus group or the tribe Solenopsidini.[14] Alpert (2013), based on Bolton's (2003) lists of character states for all ant genera, placed the genus within Solenopsidini and close to the genus Monomorium.[15] DescriptionAll species have small eyes reduced to a few ommatidia, an 11-segmented antenna with an ill-defined 3-segmented club, papal formula 2-2, and a masticatory border largely edentate with two apical teeth. The small eyes, edentate mandibles, and close similarity among the workers of all three Tyrannomyrmex species strongly suggest that they may also be similar ecologically, and that they are probably subterranean and predaceous. While the three known worker specimens have been taken in leaf litter samples, the rarity of collections suggests that Tyrannomyrmex species may both nest and forage in the deeper soil horizons, and that foragers may only occasionally enter the leaf litter layers closer to the surface.[5] Morphological charactersAlpert (2013) summarized the morphological characters for the genus as follows:[5]
References1. ^{{AntCat|430001|Tyrannomyrmex|2017|accessdate=26 November 2017}} [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]2. ^1 {{cite journal |last1=Sadasivan |first1=K. |last2=Kripakaran |first2=M. |year=2017 |title=A new species of Tyrannomyrmex Fernández 2003 (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini) from Western Ghats, Kerala, India |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4344 |issue=2 |pages=261–276 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4344.2.3}} 3. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0178233 |title=Specimen: CASENT0178233 Tyrannomyrmex dux |date= |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |accessdate=16 October 2013}} 4. ^1 {{harvnb|Alpert|2013|p=286}} 5. ^1 {{harvnb|Alpert|2013|p=287}} 6. ^1 2 3 {{harvnb|Alpert|2013|p=289}} 7. ^1 {{harvnb|Alpert|2013|p=290}} 8. ^1 2 {{harvnb|Borowiec|2007|p=65}} 9. ^1 {{harvnb|Fernández|2003|p=4}} 10. ^1 {{harvnb|Fernández|2003|p=5}} 11. ^1 {{harvnb|Fernández|2003|pp=5–6}} 12. ^1 {{harvnb|Fernández|2003|p=6}} }}{{refbegin}}
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