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Leider arbeiten wir immer noch an der Einrichtung eines interaktiven Der Speichers. Wir bitten darum, einstweilen
eine Mail an
guestbook@antbase.net zu schicken.
Ihr Beitrag wird hier baldestmöglich veröffentlicht!
Revision und Diskussion
Niemand ist perfekt, zumindest machen wir Fehler bei der Arbeit. Nachdem immer mehr Experten den Weg zu
antbase.net finden, erhalten wir sehr wertvolle Hinweise auf Fehler, die bei der Identifikation der Ameisen
passieren. Natürlich versuchen wir unser bestes, Ihre Vorschläge zu verfolgen.
Dear colleagues:
Congratulations on launching the Asian antbase. It promises to be a fantastic
resource for a little known part of the world of ants. I'm especially pleased
to see the plan to post works on the ecology of the incredibly rich fauna
of Borneo, etc.
You may wish to add the California Academy of Science Antweb to the links
http://www.antweb.org/california.jsp.
It currently has high-resolution images of all California ants and some
Madagascar ants.
I really look forward to the growth of this site. James C. Trager
Shaw Nature Reserve
Missouri USA
Donat Agosti, American Museum of Natural History, wrote:
Lieber Martin
.....
Da sind noch ein oder zwei Fehler:
Eurhopalothrix platisgnama sollte wahrscheinlich
Eurhopalothrix platisquama heißen.
Pachycondyla lecwenhoeki
Pachycondyla leeuwenhoeki heißen?
Probier doch mal die links aus, und dann findest Du was laeuft, und was
nicht.
Gruss, Donat
Answer: Ja, Du hast recht. Vielen Dank fuer Deine Hilfe!Wir haben den Fehler
natuerlich gleich verbessert.
Barry Bolton, The Natural History Museum London wrote:
Dear Martin,
I have been looking at the dacetine ants in your Poring Ants website. Very
good, but I have a couple of comments.
- Smithistruma is a junior synonym of Pyramica, not a subgenus. I spent
a lot of time in my papers of 1999 and 2000 pointing this out. Smithistruma
was a polyphyletic assemblage.
- I recognise many of the numbered Strumigenys species you show but
you appear to have the commen species S. signeae more than once. Have
you tried to identify the species with my 2000 key? There are 20 species
recorded from Poring Hot Springs(plus many more from elsewhere in Borneo
that may also occur at Poring). The 20 recorded Poring Strumigenys species
are:
arrogantia, bryanti, doriae, edaragona, gloriosa, godeffroyi, hastur,
hekate, indigatrix, inhonesta, juliae, koningsbergeri, kraepelini, nanzanensis,
perturba, propinqua, rofocala, rotogenys, signeae, strenosa.
Best regards
Barry
Answer: Thank you very much for your advice! We have already identified
some of the specimens and there will be some more Strumigenys photos, soon.
John S. LaPolla, Rutgers University wrote:
.... I wanted to point out however, that the ant you have pictured as
Acropyga
acutiventris is not. I suspect that the ant pictured is in fact a Pseudolasius,
though I would need to look at the specimen(s) to be absolutely certain.
Based on what I think are the eyes the specimen looks like a
Pseudolasius. If you would like I'd be happy to look at the specimen(s).
I can also send you a reprint on a paper I wrote which has some diagnostic
characters separating Acropyga and Pseudolasius. Let me know.
Sincerely,
John LaPolla
Roberto A. Keller, American Museum of Natural History tells us:
...I want to bring your attention to the specimen you show under the name
Probolomyrmex 1. It does not seems to me to belong to Probolomyrmex,
due to the lack of a fronto-clypeal shelf where the antennas insert. In
typical Probolomyrmex, the mandibles are not visible in frontal view because
they are completely concealed by this structure. In the specimen you show
the mandibles are clearly visible and the antennal sockets just reach the
anterior border of the head capsule.
One possibility is that you have a small species of
Cerapachys, although I agree that the general habitus is quite different
form what you would expect from Cerapachys. The best way to asses this is
by looking for the well define Cerapachyinae characteristics:
1) is the pygidium flattened and does it bears a row of spines (see Bolton
1994. Ident. Guide to the Ant Genera of the World);
2) does the metapleural gland orifice is concealed by a cuticular flange?
(this may be dificult to see given the specimen size);
3) Is the premental shield (i.e., ventral part of the labium) concealed
by the stipes and labrum while the mouthparts are closed? I discovered this
last character during my survey of Poneroid complex phylogeny and it is
now formally used by Bolton in his latest synoptic classification (Bolton.
2003. Synopsis & Classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American
Entomological Institute 71. 370pp). This last character defines the whole
Doryline section, rather than just the Cerapachyinae.
If your specimen(s) lacks these characters (i.e., if it is not a Cerapachys),
you may have a very interesting and important ant. I will greatly appreciate
if you can confirm this to me.
On a shorter note. Is there any reason why you are not regarding Odontoponera
denticulata as a junior synonym of Odontoponera transversa?
Best regards,
Roberto
Answers:
Of course we check all these specimens as soon as practicable! Access to
these specimens is now only possible from this site. And we changed links
to "Odontoponera denticulata", which is of course a junior synonym
of Odontoponera transversa!
Thank you very much!
Martin