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A Guide to the Ants of Sabangau A Guide to the Ants of Sabangau The Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project November 2014 A Guide to the Ants of Sabangau All original text, layout and illustrations are by Stijn Schreven (e-mail: [email protected]), supple- mented by quotations (with permission) from taxonomic revisions or monographs by Donat Agosti, Barry Bolton, Wolfgang Dorow, Katsuyuki Eguchi, Shingo Hosoishi, John LaPolla, Bernhard Seifert and Philip Ward. The guide was edited by Mark Harrison and Nicholas Marchant. All microscopic photography is from Antbase.net and AntWeb.org, with additional images from Andrew Walmsley Photography, Erik Frank, Stijn Schreven and Thea Powell. The project was devised by Mark Harrison and Eric Perlett, developed by Eric Perlett, and coordinated in the field by Nicholas Marchant. Sample identification, taxonomic research and fieldwork was by Stijn Schreven, Eric Perlett, Benjamin Jarrett, Fransiskus Agus Harsanto, Ari Purwanto and Abdul Azis. Front cover photo: Workers of Polyrhachis (Myrma) sp., photographer: Erik Frank/ OuTrop. Back cover photo: Sabangau forest, photographer: Stijn Schreven/ OuTrop. © 2014, The Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project. All rights reserved. Email [email protected] Website www.outrop.com Citation: Schreven SJJ, Perlett E, Jarrett BJM, Harsanto FA, Purwanto A, Azis A, Marchant NC, Harrison ME (2014). A Guide to the Ants of Sabangau. The Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project, Palangka Raya, Indonesia. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of OuTrop’s partners or sponsors. The Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project is registered in the UK as a non-profit organisation (Company No. 06761511) and is supported by the Orangutan Tropical Peatland Trust (UK Registered Charity No. 1142870). www.outrop.com @outrop facebook.com/outrop 2 A Guide to the Ants of Sabangau Contents Acknowledgements ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 4 Introduction ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 5 Study sites �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 6 The survey method........................................................................................................................................... 6 Habitat subtypes ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 7 Identification ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9 Equipment and literature ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 10 Species list ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 11 How to use the identification keys ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 12 Key to the subfamilies of ants ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 14 Subfamily Dolichoderinae ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 15 Ochetellus �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 16 Philidris ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 17 Tapinoma ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 18 Technomyrmex ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 22 Subfamily Formicinae ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 28 Camponotus ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 29 Euprenolepis ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 38 Nylanderia ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 40 Oecophylla - weaver ants ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 44 Polyrhachis - spiny ants ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 46 Prenolepis �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 51 Unidentified ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 52 Subfamily Myrmicinae ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 53 Acanthomyrmex ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 55 Cardiocondyla �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 57 Carebara ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 62 Crematogaster - acrobat ants �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 63 Mayriella ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 75 Meranoplus - shield ants ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 76 Monomorium ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 77 Pheidole ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 80 Pheidologeton - marauder ants ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 90 Rhopalomastix ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 93 Solenopsis �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 94 Strumigenys - shrew ants ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 96 Tetramorium ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 99 Vollenhovia ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 106 Unidentified ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 107 Subfamily Ponerinae ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 108 Gnamptogenys ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 109 Hypoponera ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 111 Leptogenys ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 112 Odontomachus ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 115 Pachycondyla ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 117 Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 119 Tetraponera ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 120 References ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 124 Index �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������
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