FG 134 Echinopla
Featured Genus 134 Echinopla, a rather prickly looking genus with big eyes, odd hairs and body texture. Subfamily: FormicinaeDistribution: Various tropical islands above Australia.
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E. melanarctos (pics at genus link) has the most unusual sculpture of any ant. It must be quite a job for them to stay clean, hairy dust mops that they are. Its name means black bear Echinopla, by the...
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No recent revision{s) of this genus. Most I can find are descriptions and distributions of certain species. All the rest I can find is that they are inhabitants of the ground-layer, on it or in it I...
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This genus is closely related to Polyrhachis, and like the latter, its species "nest and forage arboreally" - See http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Echinopla
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Dr Ant, indeed Shattuck, Taylor and Kohout mention Echinopla as arboreal in Australia. I looked for Echinopla in Formis and found several faunistic references for Asia that mention that Echinopla was...
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You make a point, but arboreals can show up in pitfal traps. Further, the specimens of the Echinopla spp. at this site - http://antbase.net/htdocs/formicinae/echinopla/index.html - that have...
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Sadly enough my dad was working on a revision of these ants with Dr. Taylor when he passed away.
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Mrmacophyl wrote:Sadly enough my dad was working on a revision of these ants with Dr. Taylor when he passed away. So what happened since then? Is Dr. Taylor going to resume it?
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No telling, I have the manuscript. I should send it to him though.
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Mrmacophyl wrote:No telling, I have the manuscript. I should send it to him though.Yes, please resume that unfinished project. I don't care who. I would do it if I could.
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Just out of curiosity, how many species are in the ms., Myrmacophyl?
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Wow - That's why I try to stick to less species-rich, temperate groups!
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I've seen Echinopla only once, at Palawan Island, Philippines. It was an awesome species, arboreal in the mangroove forests and quite big with a nice black/white colouration when I remember correctly....
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Myrmacophyl - Can you tell us any additional ecology info from the revision?
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