Myrmoteras

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Formicinae
Tribus: Myrmoteratini
Genus: Myrmoteras
Species: M. arcoelinae – M. bakeri – M. barbouri – M. baslerorum – M. binghamii – M. brachygnathum – M. brigitteae – M. ceylonicum – M. chondrogastrum – M. concolor – M. cuneonodum – M. danieli – M. diastematum – M. donisthorpei – M. elfeorum – M. estrudae – M. glabrum – M. indicum – M. insulcatum – M. iriodum – M. ivani – M. jacquelinae – M. jaitrongi – M. karnyi – M. marianneae – M. maudeae – M. mcarthuri – M. mjoebergi – M. morowali – M. namphuong – M. nicoletteae – M. opalinum – M. scabrum – M. susanneae – M. tomimasai – M. tonboli – M. toro – M. williamsi – M. wolasi
Name

Myrmoteras Forel, 1893

Type species: Myrmoteras binghamii Forel, 1893

Primary references

Forel, A.H. 1893: Note préventive sur un nouveau genre et une nouvelle espèce de formicide (camponitide). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 37: 607–608.

References

Creighton, W.S. 1930. A review of the genus Myrmoteras (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 38: 177–192. Reference page.
Bui, V.T., Eguchi, K.; Yamane, S. 2013: Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chinese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666(4): 544–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8 Reference page.
Zettel H. & D.M. Sorger (2011): New Myrmoteras ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the southeastern Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59(1): 61–67. PDF Reference page.

Myrmoteras is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and the sole member of the tribe Myrmoteratini.[2] They have enormous eyes, a character found in other ancient genera, and extremely elongated mandibles with eight to 16 teeth. These work as trap-jaws and can open up to 270°.[3]

Description
Trap-jawed ants: Strumigenys, Daceton, Odontomachus, Anochetus, Myrmoteras

While the elongated mandibles look superficially similar to those of the basal Myrmecia, the mechanism is, as a whole, totally dissimilar and is rather convergent to that of the ponerine genera Anochetus and Odontomachus, and the myrmicine Strumigenys. The trigger mechanism of the trap-jaw-like mandibles of Myrmoteras consists of two hairs. Other trap-jawed genera are Daceton, Acanthognathus, Orectognathus, Microdaceton, and Epitritus.
Distribution

Myrmoteras occurs in the Indo-Malayan region.[4]
Species

Myrmoteras arcoelinae Agosti, 1992
Myrmoteras bakeri Wheeler, 1919 — Borneo
Myrmoteras barbouri Creighton, 1930 — Java
Myrmoteras baslerorum Agosti, 1992
Myrmoteras binghamii Forel, 1893 — Burma
Myrmoteras brachygnathum Moffett, 1985
Myrmoteras brigitteae Agosti, 1992
Myrmoteras ceylonicum Gregg, 1957 — Sri Lanka
Myrmoteras chondrogastrum Moffett, 1985
Myrmoteras concolor Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013
Myrmoteras cuneonodum Xu, 1998
Myrmoteras danieli Agosti, 1992
Myrmoteras diastematum Moffett, 1985
Myrmoteras donisthorpei Wheeler, 1916 — Borneo
Myrmoteras elfeorum Agosti, 1992
Myrmoteras estrudae Agosti, 1992
Myrmoteras glabrum Zettel & Sorger, 2011
Myrmoteras indicum Moffett, 1985
Myrmoteras insulcatum Moffett, 1985
Myrmoteras iriodum Moffett, 1985
Myrmoteras ivani Agosti, 1992
Myrmoteras jacquelinae Agosti, 1992
Myrmoteras jaitrongi Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013
Myrmoteras karnyi Gregg, 1954
Myrmoteras marianneae Agosti, 1992
Myrmoteras maudeae Agosti, 1992
Myrmoteras mcarthuri Zettel & Sorger, 2011
Myrmoteras mjoebergi Creighton, 1930 — Borneo
Myrmoteras morowali Moffett, 1985
Myrmoteras namphuong Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013
Myrmoteras nicoletteae Agosti, 1992
Myrmoteras opalinum Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013
Myrmoteras scabrum Moffett, 1985
Myrmoteras susanneae Agosti, 1992
Myrmoteras tomimasai Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013
Myrmoteras tonboli Agosti, 1992
Myrmoteras toro Moffett, 1985
Myrmoteras williamsi Wheeler, 1919 — Philippines
Myrmoteras wolasi Moffett, 1985

References

Bolton, B. (2014). "Myrmoteras". AntCat. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
ITIS: Genus: Myrmoteras
Bolton, B. (2003): Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 71. 370 pp.
Creighton, William S. (1930): A Review of the Genus: Myrmoteras (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 38: 177-193. PDF