Dinoponera australis

Dinoponera australis is a species of ant notable for its lack of distinct queen caste.

Dinoponera australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Ponerinae
Tribe:
Ponerini
Genus:
Dinoponera
Species:
D. australis
Binomial name
Dinoponera australis
Emery, 1901
Subspecies

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Subspecies

Dinoponera australis is divided into three subspecies:[1]

  • Dinoponera australis australis Emery, 1901
  • Dinoponera australis bucki Borgmeier, 1937
  • Dinoponera australis nigricolor Borgmeier, 1937

Description
Organ-specific patterns of endopolyploidy (from x2 to x64) in Dinoponera australis

Studies have shown that fat storage in this species is related to the division of labour in the colony and non-reproductive individuals are characterized with a lower lipid count than reproductives.[2]

Dinoponera australis has been found to exhibit marked differences in the degree of polyploidy across its tissues, ranging from 2 to 64 copies of the nuclear genome.[3]

Distribution

Dinoponera australis has the widest known range of the Dinoponera. This species is found in the department of Santa Cruz in Bolivia, southern Brazil in the states of Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, eastern Paraguay in the departments of Itapúa, Alto Paraná and Guairá, as well as the province of Misiones in Argentina.[4]

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References
  1. "Dinoponera australis subspecies Roger, 1861". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. Smith et al. 2011.
  3. Scholes et al. 2014, p. 113.
  4. Lenhart, Dash & MacKay 2013, p. 138.
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