Second Record and DNA Barcode of the Ant Tyrannomyrmex rex Fernández (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

Authors

  • Justine Jacquemin Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
  • Gontran Sonet Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
  • Thomas Bourguignon Czech University of Life Sciences
  • Theodore A Evans National University of Singapore
  • Thibaut Delsinne Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.276-280

Keywords:

Solenopsidini, Singapore, primary forest, leaf-litter ant, DNA barcoding, scanning electron microscopy

Abstract

Tyrannomyrmex is a rarely collected ant genus from Old World tropical forests comprising only three described species, all of them known from a single worker. Here we report the discovery of a second worker of Tyrannomyrmex rex from a selectively logged primary forest of Singapore, increasing the known distribution range of the species to nearly 250 km South-East. We also provide a DNA barcode for the species and a partial sequence of the wingless gene. Although insufficient evidence prevents us to draw any firm conclusion, the genus seems to be restricted to pristine or relatively undisturbed forests and, as a result, could be highly sensitive to habitat degradation.

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Author Biographies

Justine Jacquemin, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Aquatic & Terrestrial Ecology (ATECO)

Gontran Sonet, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Joint Experimental Molecular Unit (JEMU)

Thomas Bourguignon, Czech University of Life Sciences

Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences

Theodore A Evans, National University of Singapore

Department of Biological Sciences

Thibaut Delsinne, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja

Departamento de Ciencias Naturales

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2015-06-22

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Jacquemin, J., Sonet, G., Bourguignon, T., Evans, T. A., & Delsinne, T. (2015). Second Record and DNA Barcode of the Ant Tyrannomyrmex rex Fernández (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology, 62(2), 276–280. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.276-280

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Research Article - Ants