Rasopone, Schmidt and Shattuck

Longino, John T. & Branstetter, Michael G., 2020, Phylogenomic Species Delimitation, Taxonomy, and ‘ Bird Guide’ Identification for the Neotropical Ant Genus Rasopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Insect Systematics and Diversity 4 (2), No. 1, pp. 1-33 : 9-10

RASOPONE Schmidt and Shattuck

Rasopone Schmidt and Shattuck, 2014: 208 .

Type-species: Rasopone ferruginea (F. Smith, 1858: 100) .

Geographic Range

Southern Mexico to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. There are no records from the Caribbean.

List of Species

Rasopone breviscapa ( Mackay and Mackay, 2010) . Bolivia.

Rasopone costaricensis new species. Costa Rica, Panama.

Rasopone cryptergates new species. Costa Rica.

Rasopone cubitalis new species. Nicaragua, Costa Rica.

Rasopone ferruginea (F. Smith, 1858) . Mexico to Nicaragua.

Rasopone guatemalensis new species. Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala.

Rasopone lunaris ( Emery, 1896) . South America.

Rasopone mesoamericana new species. Mexico (Chiapas) to Costa Rica.

Rasopone minuta ( Mackay and Mackay, 2010) . Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras.

Rasopone panamensis ( Forel, 1899) (new status, revived status). Costa Rica, Panama.

Rasopone pluviselva new species. Honduras to Panama.

Rasopone politognatha new species. Mexico to Nicaragua.

Rasopone rupinicola ( Mackay and Mackay, 2010) . Panama, Colombia.

Rasopone subcubitalis new species. Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras.

Rasopone titanis new species. Mexico (Chiapas).

Unnamed Morphospecies

Rasopone JTL027. Panama (Darien).

Rasopone JTL029. Panama (Darien).

Rasopone JTL030. Panama (Darien).

Rasopone JTL034. Mexico (Puebla, Veracruz), Honduras.

Rasopone JTL035. Mexico (Veracruz).

Rasopone JTL037. Guatemala, El Salvador.

Rasopone JTL040. Colombia.

Rasopone JTL041. Colombia.

Rasopone JTL042. Colombia, Brazil (Pará).

Rasopone JTL043. Ecuador.

Rasopone JTL047. French Guiana.

Rasopone JTL048. French Guiana.

Rasopone JTL049. Colombia.

Rasopone MAS010. Costa Rica.

SpeciesTransferred to Mayaponera

Mayaponera arhuaca ( Forel, 1901) (comb. nov.)

Mayaponera becculata ( Mackay and Mackay, 2010) (comb. nov.)

Mayaponera cernua ( Mackay and Mackay, 2010) (comb. nov.)

Mayaponera conicula ( Mackay and Mackay, 2010) (comb. nov.)

Mayaponera longidentata ( Mackay and Mackay, 2010) (comb. nov.)

Mayaponera pergandei ( Forel, 1909) (comb. nov.)