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

Dinoponera grandis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Dinoponera
Species:
D. grandis
Binomial name
Dinoponera grandis
Guérin-Méneville, 1838
Subspecies

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In 2021, this species was merged with Dinoponera australis.[1]

Subspecies

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Dinoponera australis is divided into three subspecies:[2]

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

Description

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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.[3]

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.[4]

Distribution

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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.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Dias, Amanda Martins; Lattke, John Edwin (2021-12-21). "Large ants are not easy – the taxonomy of Dinoponera Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)". European Journal of Taxonomy: 1–66. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.784.1603. ISSN 2118-9773. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  2. ^ "Dinoponera australis subspecies Roger, 1861". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ Smith et al. 2011.
  4. ^ Scholes et al. 2014, p. 113.
  5. ^ Lenhart, Dash & MacKay 2013, p. 138.
  •   This article incorporates text from a scholarly publication published under a copyright license that allows anyone to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute the materials in any form for any purpose: Lenhart, P.; Dash, S. T.; MacKay, W. P. (2013), "A revision of the giant Amazonian ants of the genus Dinoponera (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)", Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 31: 119–164, doi:10.3897/JHR.31.4335 Please check the source for the exact licensing terms.
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