Species Ooceraea biroi (Forel, 1907)
- Cerapachys biroi Forel, A. 1907. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 5: 1-42 [30 June 1907] [7].
Generic Combinations
- Ooceraea biroi (Forel, 1907).
Introduction
Ooceraea biroi is a tramp species that has been more widely introduced across tropical regions of the world, including Australia.
O. biroi is perhaps the best studied doryline species. While army ants like Eciton and Dorylus have been extensively researched in the field, but their huge colonies are exceptionally difficult to manipulate in laboratory conditions, O. biroi is a species much more amenable to experimental manipulation and has been the focal organism for multiple published laboratory-based studies (Borowiec 2016).
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread tropical Asia from where has been imported in many tropical regions
Introduced.
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
General References
Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280 [196-197]
Framenau, V.W. & Thomas, M.L. 2008. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): identification and distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25: 45-85 [58]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | FORMICIDAE | 19-Jan-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| FORMICIDAE | 10-Mar-2015 | ADDED |