The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species
| dc.contributor.author | Taylor, Robert W | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alpert, Gary D | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-05T01:25:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-04-27 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The 28 known species of Metapone are monographed and illustrated. Twelve are described as new: M. africana, Gabon; M. balinensis, Bali, Indonesia; M. enigmatica, northeast New Guinea; M. hoelldobleri, northeast Queensland, Australia; M. javana, Java, Indonesia; M. manni, Viti Levu, Fiji; M. mathinnae, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia; M. philwardi, northeast New Guinea; M. salomonis, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; M. tecklini, northeast Queensland; M. titan, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea; M. wallaceana, Lombok, Indonesia; spp.n. New synonymies include M. greeni Forel = M. johni Karavaiev (Sri Lanka) syn.n, and M. jacobsoni Crawley (Sumatra) = M. nicobarensis Tiwari & Jonathan (Great Nicobar Island) syn.n. | en_AU |
| dc.format | 45 pages | en_AU |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_AU |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1175-5326 | en_AU |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/114486 | |
| dc.publisher | Magnolia Press | en_AU |
| dc.rights | © 2016 Magnolia Press | en_AU |
| dc.source | Zootaxa | en_AU |
| dc.subject | animal distribution | en_AU |
| dc.subject | animal structures | en_AU |
| dc.subject | animals | en_AU |
| dc.subject | ants | en_AU |
| dc.subject | Asia | en_AU |
| dc.subject | Australia | en_AU |
| dc.subject | body size | en_AU |
| dc.subject | ecosystem | en_AU |
| dc.subject | female | en_AU |
| dc.subject | male | en_AU |
| dc.subject | organ size | en_AU |
| dc.subject | taxonomy | en_AU |
| dc.subject | social parasitism | en_AU |
| dc.subject | predation | en_AU |
| dc.subject | Madagascar | en_AU |
| dc.subject | Africa | en_AU |
| dc.subject | Taiwan | en_AU |
| dc.subject | Micronesia | en_AU |
| dc.subject | Melanesia | en_AU |
| dc.subject | Isoptera | en_AU |
| dc.subject | termites | en_AU |
| dc.title | The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species | en_AU |
| dc.type | Journal article | en_AU |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en_AU |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2016-01-27 | |
| local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 6 | en_AU |
| local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 545 | en_AU |
| local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 501 | en_AU |
| local.contributor.affiliation | Taylor, Robert W., Division of Evolution Ecology & Genetics, CMBE Research School of Biology, The Australian National University | en_AU |
| local.contributor.authoruid | u4918633 | en_AU |
| local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
| local.identifier.citationvolume | 4105 | en_AU |
| local.identifier.doi | 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.6.1 | en_AU |
| local.identifier.essn | 1175-5334 | en_AU |
| local.publisher.url | http://www.mapress.com/j/ | en_AU |
| local.type.status | Published Version | en_AU |