Myrmeciinae

Cytogenetic data

Species	haploid(n)	diploid(2n)	country(ies)	karyotype	notes	references
Myrmecia banksi		9	Australia			Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia banksi		10	Australia			Imai et al. 1994 Hirai et al. 1994 Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia brevinoda		84	Australia			Imai et al. 1977
Myrmecia cephalotes		66	Australia			Imai et al. 1977
Myrmecia chasei		47	Australia			Meyne et al. 1995 Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia croslandi	1	2	Australia		Complex pilosula	Taylor 1991 Meyne et al. 1995 Hirai et al. 1994 Hirai et al. 1996 Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia croslandi	2	3	Australia	1M+1M+1A	Complex pilosula	Taylor 1991 Meyne et al. 1995 Hirai et al. 1994 Hirai et al. 1996 Imai et al. 1992 Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia croslandi	2	3	Australia	1M+1SM +1M	Complex pilosula	Taylor 1991 Meyne et al. 1995 Hirai et al. 1994 Hirai et al. 1996 Imai et al. 1992 Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia croslandi	2	4	Australia	2SM +1A+1A	Complex pilosula	Taylor 1991 Meyne et al. 1995 Hirai et al. 1996 Imai et al. 1992 Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia forficata		50	Australia	44M+6A		Imai et al. 1977
Myrmecia forficata		51	Australia			Imai et al. 1977
Myrmecia forficata		52	Australia			Meyne et al. 1995
Myrmecia forficata		52	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia forficata		54	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia fulvipes	30	60	Australia			Imai et al. 1977
Myrmecia sp. cf. fulvipes	6	12	Australia	8M+4ST		Imai et al. 1977
Myrmecia fulvipes		48	Australia			Meyne et al. 1995 Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia fulvipes		50	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia gulosa		38	Australia			Imai et al. 1977 Meyne et al. 1995 Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia haskinsorum		12	Australia		Complex pilosula	Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia haskinsorum		23	Australia		Complex pilosula	Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia haskinsorum		24	Australia		Complex pilosula	Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia haskinsorum		20	Australia		Complex pilosula	Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia haskinsorum		18	Australia		Complex pilosula	Imai et al. 1994 Meyne et al. 1995 Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia haskinsorum		15	Australia		Complex pilosula	Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia haskinsorum		17	Australia		Complex pilosula	Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia imaii		8	Australia	8A	Complex pilosula	Imai et al. 1994 Hirai et al. 1994 Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia imaii		6	Australia		Complex pilosula	Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia mandibularis	28	56	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia mandibularis	27	56	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia michaelseni		27	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia nigrocincta		22	Australia			Imai et al. 1977
Myrmecia occidentalis		64	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia pavida		44	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia piliventris	2	4	Australia	4ST		Imai and Taylor 1986 Imai et al. 1988a
Myrmecia piliventris	32	64	Australia			Imai and Taylor 1986 Imai et al. 1988a
Myrmecia piliventris	17	34	Australia			Imai and Taylor 1986 Imai et al. 1988a
Myrmecia piliventris		6	Australia			Imai and Taylor 1986 Imai et al. 1988a
Myrmecia pilosula	15		Australia			Crozier 1966
Myrmecia pilosula		9	Australia		as Myrmecia ruginoda or Ponera ruginoda	Imai et al. 1977 Crosl and Andcrozier 1986 Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula		10	Australia		as Myrmecia ruginoda or Ponera ruginoda	Imai et al. 1977 Crosl and Andcrozier 1986 Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula		31	Australia		as Myrmecia ruginoda or Ponera ruginoda	Imai et al. 1977 Crosl and Andcrozier 1986 Crosland et al. 1988 Imai et al. 1988a
Myrmecia pilosula		32	Australia		as Myrmecia ruginoda or Ponera ruginoda	Imai et al. 1977 Crosl and Andcrozier 1986 Crosland et al. 1988 Imai et al. 1988a
Myrmecia pilosula		16	Australia			Crosl and Andcrozier 1986
Myrmecia pilosula		24	Australia			Crosl and Andcrozier 1986
Myrmecia pilosula		30	Australia			Crosl and Andcrozier 1986 Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula		2	Australia			Crosland et al. 1988 Imai et al. 1988b Imai and Taylor 1989
Myrmecia pilosula		18	Australia			Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula	1	19	Australia			Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula		20	Australia			Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula		21	Australia			Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula		22	Australia			Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula		23	Australia			Crosland et al. 1988 Imai et al. 1988a
Myrmecia pilosula		24	Australia			Crosland et al. 1988 Imai et al. 1988a
Myrmecia pilosula		25	Australia			Crosland et al. 1988 Imai et al. 1988a
Myrmecia pilosula		26	Australia			Crosland et al. 1988 Imai et al. 1988a
Myrmecia pilosula		27	Australia			Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula	1		Australia		Population from Tridbinbilla	Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula	5		Australia		Population from HMAS Albatross	Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula	9		Australia		Population from Wentworth Falls	Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula	10		Australia		Population from Wentworth Falls	Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula	10		Australia		Population from Lawson	Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula	11		Australia		Population from Lawson	Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula	10		Australia		Population from Mt Victoria	Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula	11		Australia		Population from Mt Victoria	Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula	13		Australia		Population from Mt Victoria	Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula	15		Australia		Population from Mt Victoria	Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula	16		Australia		Population from Piccadilly Circus	Crosland et al. 1988
Myrmecia pilosula		4	Australia			Imai et al. 1988b Imai and Taylor 1989
Myrmecia pilosula		23	Australia			Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia pilosula		24	Australia			Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia pilosula		26	Australia			Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia pilosula		27	Australia			Imai et al. 1994
Myrmecia pilosula		23	Australia			Meyne et al. 1995
Myrmecia pilosula		32	Australia			Meyne et al. 1995
Myrmecia pilosula		27	Australia			Hirai et al. 1994
Myrmecia pilosula		19	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia pilosula		22	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia pilosula		23	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia pilosula		32	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia pyriformis	41	81	Australia			Imai et al. 1977
Myrmecia simillima	35	70	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia tepperi		70	Australia			Browning 1987
Myrmecia vindex		74	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia vindex		76	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia arnoldi		60	Australia			Meyne et al. 1995
Myrmecia arnoldi		53	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia arnoldi		55	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia arnoldi		57	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia arnoldi		59	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia arnoldi		60	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia arnoldi		64	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Myrmecia arnoldi		66	Australia			Hirai et al. 1996
Nothomyrmecia macrops		94	Australia			Imai et al. 1990

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Bibliography

Imai, H.T. , Taylor, R.W. Chromosomal polymorphisms involving telomere fusion, centromeric inactivation and centromere shift in the ant Myrmecia (pilosula) n = 1. Chromosoma, 98 : pp 456-460. 1989

Hirai, H., Yamamoto, M.T., Ogura, K., Satta, Y., Yamada, M., Taylor, R.W. , Imai, H.T. Multiplication of 28S rDNA and NOR activity in chromosome evolution among ants of the Myrmecia pilosula species complex. Chromosoma, 103 : pp 171-178. 1994

Imai, H.T., Taylor, R.W., Crosland, M.W.J. , Crozier, R.H. Modes of spontaneous chromosomal mutation and karyotype evolution in ants with reference to the minimum interaction hypothesis. Japanese Journal of Genetics, 63 : pp 159-185. 1988a

Hirai, H., Yamamoto, M.T., Taylor, R.W. , Imai, H.T. Genomic dispersion of 28S rDNA during karyotypic evolution in the ant genus Myrmecia (Formicidae). Chromosoma, 105 : pp 190-196. 1996

Imai, H.T., Taylor, R.W., Kubota, M., Ogata, K. , Wada, M.Y. Notes of the remarkable karyology of the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops, and of the related genus Myrmecia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Psyche, 97 : pp 133-140. 1990

Crosland, M.W.J., Crozier, R.H. , Imai, H.T. Evidence for several sibling biological species centred on Myrmecia pilosula (F. SMITH) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 27 : pp 13-14. 1988

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Imai, H.T. , Taylor, R.W. The exceptionally low chro-mosome number n = 2 in an Australian bulldog ant, Myrmecia piliventris Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annual Report of the National Institute of Genetics (Japan), 36 : pp 59. 1986

Taylor, R.W. Myrmecia croslandi sp.n. a karyologically remarkable new Australian jack-jumper ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 30 : pp 288. 1991

Imai, H.T., Hirai, H., Satta, Y., Shiroishi, T., Yamada, M. , Taylor, R.W. Phase specific Ag-staining of nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) and kinetochores in the Australian ant Myrmecia croslandi. Japanese Journal of Genetics, 67 : pp 437-447. 1992

Browning, G.P. Taxonomy of Myrmecia FABRICIUS (Hy-menoptera: Formicidae). , Department of Zoology, University of Adelaide, Australia : pp . 1987

Meyne, J., Hirai, H. , Imai, H.T. FISH analysis of the telomere sequences of bulldog ants (Myrmecia: Formicidae). Chromosoma, 104 : pp 14-18. 1995

Crosland, M.W.J., Crozier, R.H. Myrmecia pilosula, an ant with only one pair of chromosomes. Science, 231 : pp 1278. 1986

Imai, H.T., Taylor, R.W. , Crozier, R.H. Experimental bases for the minimum interaction theory. I. Chromosome evolution in ants of the Myrmecia pilosula species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Japanese Journal of Genetics, 69 : pp 137-182. 1994

Imai, H.T., Crozier, R.H. , Taylor, R.W. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma, 59 : pp 341-393. 1977

Imai, H.T., Taylor, R.W., Crozier, R.H., Crosland, M.W.J. , Browning, G.P. Chromosomal polymorphism in the ant Myrmecia (pilosula) n = 1. Annual Report of the National Institute of Genetics (Japan), 38 : pp 82-84. 1988b

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Myrmeciinae

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