record from the western Queensland Gulf Country (Lyrian CUVILLIER-HOT, V., GADAGKAR, R., PEETERS, C. & COBB, M. 2002: Downs, N of Julia Creek), well outside the main distribu- Regulation of reproduction in a queen less ant: aggression, tion and the inland-most record of the genus in Australia. pheromones and reduction in conflict. – Proceedings of the It is sympatric with D. australe in the area south of Cook- Royal Society of London B 269: 1295-1300. town. While it is currently unknown from Papua New Gui- FABRICIUS, J.C. 1775: Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum nea (based on material examined during this study) it may classes, ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, de- well occur there as these two countries share many spe- scriptionibus, observationibus. – Korte, Flensburg and Leip- cies across a range of taxonomic groups. zig, 832 pp. FOREL, A. 1915: Results of Dr. E. Mjobergs Swedish Scientific Acknowledgements Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. – Arkiv för We wish to dedicate this paper to Stefan Schödl. Stefan Zoologi 9: 1-119. spent several weeks working in the Australian National HÖLLDOBLER, B. & ENGEL-SIEGEL, H. 1982: Tergal and sternal Insect Collection as part of his studies on Australian Mera- glands in male ants. – Psyche (Cambridge) 89: 113-132. noplus. Unfortunately anticipated return visits were not rea- LE GUILLOU, E.J.F. 1842: Catalogue raisonné des insectes hymé- lised. For invaluable assistance during this study we would noptères recueillis dans le voyage de circumnavigation des like to thank Bernhard Merz (Département d'Entomologie, corvettes l'Astrolabe et La Zélée. – Annales de la Société Ento- Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva) for notes on and mologique de France 10: 311-324. images of Forel material held in his care, and George Else MAYR, G.L. 1862: Myrmecologische Studien. – Verhandlungen and Kim Goodger (The Natural History Museum, Lon- der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12, Ab- don) for notes on and images of Fabricius specimens depo- handlungen: 649-776. sited in London. Valuable comments on the manuscript PAUL, J. 2001: Mandible movements in ants. – Comparative Bio- were received from Alan Andersen, Brian Heterick, Herbert chemistry and Physiology Part A 131: 7-20. Zettel, an anonymous reviewer, and the journal's editors. PEETERS, C. & BILLEN, J.P.J. 1991: A novel exocrine gland in- Funding for this study was generously provided by CSIRO side the thoracic appendages ('gemmae') of the queenless ant Entomology. Diacamma australe. – Experientia 47: 229-231. PEETERS, C., BILLEN, J.P.J. & HÖLLDOBLER, B. 1992: Alterna- Zusammenfassung tive dominance mechanisms regulating monogyny in the queen- Die australischen Arten der Ameisengattung Diacamma less ant genus Diacamma. – Naturwissenschaften 79: 572-573. (Unterfamilie Ponerinae) werden revidiert. Vier Arten kom- PEETERS, C. & HIGASHI, S. 1989: Reproductive dominance con- men in Australien vor: D. australe (FABRICIUS, 1775), D. trolled by mutilation in the queenless ant Diacamma australe. – Naturwissenschaften 76: 177-180. colosseense FOREL, 1915, D. leve CRAWLEY, 1915 und D. schoedli sp.n. Ihre Vorkommen beschränken sich auf den RAMASWAMY, K., PEETERS, C., YUVANA, S.P., VARGHESE, T., Norden von Queensland und die Region Top End im PRADEEP, H.D., DIETEMANN, V., KARPAKAKUNJARAM, V., Northern Territory. Diacamma colosseense und D. leve COBB, M. & GADAGKAR, R. 2004: Social mutilation in the Ponerine ant Diacamma: cues originate in the victims. – In- werden aus ihrer Synonymie mit D. australe gehoben. sectes Sociaux 51: 410-413. Für D. colosseense wird ein Lectotypus designiert. SHATTUCK, S.O. 1999: Australian ants. Their biology and iden- tification. – Monographs on Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 1-226. References SHATTUCK, S.O. & BARNETT, N.J. 2001: Australian Ants On- BILLEN, J.P.J. & PEETERS, C. 1991: Fine structure of the gemma line. –
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