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Page 1: PhylogeneticStudyoftheFamilyFormicidaebasedon …antbase.org/ants/publications/21087/21087.pdf · 2015. 2. 25. · JImzJbE"t、,59(1):125-140.March2S,1991 PhylogeneticStudyoftheFamilyFormicidaebasedon

JImzJbE"t、,59(1):125-140.March2S,1991

PhylogeneticStudyoftheFamilyFormicidaebasedon theSensillumStructuresontheAntennaeand

LabialPalpi(Hymenoptera,Aculeata)

YoshiakiHAsHIMoTo

DepartmentofGreenEnvironment,DivisionofEnvironmentalSciences,

GraduateSchoolofScienceandTechnology,KobeUniversity,

Rokkodai,Kobe,657Japan

AbstractThepresentstudyanalyzedthesensillumstructuresontheantennaeand

labialpalpiofFormicidaetotesthypothesesproposedforthehigher-1evelphylogeny

ofthisfamily・Sensillumstructuresexaminedwerethesensillabasiconica,sensilla

trichoideacurvata,sensillacoeloconica,sensillaampullacea,setifOrmsensillaand

button-likesensilla、Acladisticanalysisoftherelationshipsofninesubfamilieswas

madebasedonfifteenmorphologicalcharacters・Plesiomorphicandapomorphicstates

ofthecharactersweredeterminedbyoutgroupcomparisonwithnon-formicidaculeates・

Therecognizedpatternsinnestingrelationshipswere:((((Leptanillinae+Cerapachyinae

+AmblyoponiniofPonerinae+ProceratiiniofPonerinae)+(PoneriniofPonerinae+

OdontomachiniofPonerinae)+(EctatomminiofPonerinae+Myrmicinae)+Dorylinae)

+(Pseudomyrmecinae+Myrmeciinae))+Dolichoderinae)+Formicinae・Thecloserela-

tionshipbetweenCerapachyinaeandDorylinae,andthatbetweenProceratiiniand

EctatomminiofPonerinae,bothofwhichwereproposedbyearlierauthors,werenot

supportedThevalidityofPonerinaetobeplacedasamonophyletictaxonwasques-tioned

Keywords:Phylogeny;Formicidae;antennae;labialpalpi;sensilla.

Introduction

arecurrentlydividedintotensubfamilies:Myrmeciinae,

Formicinae,Dolichoderinae,Aneuretinae,Dorylinae,

TheFormicidae

Pseudomyrmecinae,Formicinae,Dolichoderlnae,AneuretInae,Doryllnae,

Leptanillinae,Cerapachyinae,PonerinaeandMyrmicinae(WHEELER&WHEELER,

1972).Severalauthorshavetriedtoclarifythephylogenyofthesesubfamilies, buttheconclusionsreachedbytheseauthorsvariedtoagreatextent(e、9.,WHEELER,

1928;BRowN,1954;TAYLOR,1978,etc.).Itisnecessarytoscrutinizedifferent

hypothesesproposedforthehigher-1evelphylogenyofFormicidae・

Thescanningelectronmicroscope(SEM)offeredmanynewmorphological

charactersforsystematicstudyofinsects、sensillumstructureontheantennaeandotherappendagesareincludedinthesecharacters,whichcanprovideusefulin‐

formationtoreconstructtheirphylogeny,ashasbeendemonstratedbyKRzYwIEc

(1968),MEINEcKE(1975),BoHARTandMENKE(1976),WALTHER(1979),BARLIN

andVINsoN(1981),etc・A1thoughneverhasthephylogeneticsignificanceofthesensillumstructuresbeenrealizedinFormicidae,thesestructuresareexpectedto

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126 YoshiakiHAsFnMoTo

beofvalueinphylogeneticanalysisofthisfamily(HAsHIMoTo,1990). Thepresentstudyanalyzedthesensillumstructuresontheantennaeandlabial

palpiofFormicidaetotesthypothesesaboutthehigher-1evelphylogenyofthis

familybynewcharacters・Particularemphasiswasplacedonthesubfamily

Ponerinae,becausethesubfamilyisextremelyheterogeneousandpoorlyde‐ lineatedonthetraditionaltaxonomiccriteria.

MaterialsandMethods

Taxaexamined:ThespeciesexaminedwerelistedinTable1.Becausethe

workerisbyfarthebestknownandmostavailablecaste,workerspecimenswere investigate。、Femalespecimensofsomeotheraculeateswerealsoexaminedfor

theoutgroupcomparison、BecausethesubfamilyAneuretinaecannotbeex-

amined,itwasnotincludedinthisanalysis、

ThehigherclassificationsystemofAculeataproposedbyBRoTHERs(1974) andtheformicidc1assihcationbyWHEELERandWHEELER(1985)wereusedas guidelines、

Phylogeneticmethod:Thephylogeneticanalysiswasmadeaccordingtothe Hennigianmethod(1966),wherethephylogeneticrelationshipsofthetaxaare

analyzedbasedonsharedderivedfeatures(synapomorphiesLbutnotonshared primitivefeatures(symplesiomorphies),noronindependentlyderivedfeatures・Todeterminecharacterpolarities,outgroupcomparisonwasadopted,Thisis summarizedasfollows:Whentwoormorestatesforagivencharacterwere observedwithinagroup,themostwidespreadstateinthecloserelativesofthe

groupshouldberegardedasaplesiomorphicstate(cfWILEY,1981).Accordingly, thepolaritiesofcharacterstateswereassignedbasedonthecomparisonwiththose foundintheotherAculeata・

SEMobservation:TheantennaeandlabialpalpiwereexaminedbySEM、Thesampleswerecleanedbyanultrasonic-washerinthechlorofOrm-methanol(2:1), driedinair,mountedonstubsandthensputteredwithgoldToshowtheinner aspectofthecuticularstructures,thesampleswerecutwitharazorbladeand

thecellularmaterialweredigestedwithl0%KOHbeforethegoldcoatingwas applied

Thetermino10gyfOrsensillummorpho10gyfollowedafterWALTHER(1979). AbbreviationsusedfOrfigureswere:a:aperture;am:sensillaampullacea;b:

sensillabasiconica;br:bristle;bu:button-likesensilla;ch:sensillachaetica;CO: sensillacoeloconica;d:duct;el:encirclingledge;g:groove;im:internalbasal membrane;ml:middleledge;p:sensillaplacodea;s:setiformsensilla;so:socket; t:sensillatrichoideacurvata.

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TableLListoftaxaexamined.

Vespoidea:FormicifOrmers Formicidae

Formicinae:AcrOpyga6aod[Joe"s応TERAYAMA,A"OpノoノBpjs/o"gゎas(JERDoN),QJmpo"0t"sノiabe1℃jFoREL,C/(Zpo"jc"sMAYR,C、〃jppo"jc"sWImELER,EC肺Opmrsp.,FWm〃んkmjWHEELER,Rノ(Jpo"jcaMoTscHuLsKY,L“伽ノヲmws(FABRIcIus),L〃jge7(LINNAEus),

Mセノ。pノioro"ssp.,OecOpノiy肋samamgd伽FABRIcIus,Pmm”c"伽bo"巾o"j“(FoREL),

PノZZgjoにpjssp.,PCかelg"ssam"〃YANo,PC()、αc肱d/vesF・SMITH,P7℃"o/Epなsp.,〃o伽mssp,

Dolichoderinae:Borhrjo"Uノmzexsp.,DCノノcノiode'wsb〃berc"ノ、"sMAYR,Djdom)ノ、?exノノoj

FoREL,TtJpj"o"!αj"`jc""zFoREL,712cノi"o"!)rmexgjbbos"s(WHEELER) Myrmeciinae:M)w7zecjag"ノCsα(FABRIcIus),Msp・

Pseudomyrmecinae:T1ermpo"e、αノルrbom"sWALxER,TXsp、

Dorylinae:肥"jα"MzeWcビps(F・SMITH),A/”meTERAYAMA,DCび/"ssp、Leptanillinae:Leprα"ノノノZzノ(Zpo"/αzBARoNIURBANI

Cerapachyinae:αr(ZpacノZysbjMFoREL,C、sα"rerjFoREL,Csp・

Myrmicinae:Apノiae"og“rer/iJmeノノαJ(F・SMITH),QJmjoco"q【ソノUJ〃"dZJ(MAYR),C、α"ノUJC"s

sp.,oemarog印rermans冴加"MFoREL,印iか〃MexzzmelwsBRowN,KWdrな、"/伽BRowN,MBs9oracjc"〃"s(Fr・SMITH),M)w?Tecj"α9mm〃cM7〃jppo"jaJWHEELER,M)′「〃αJ

ノ“e"sjsFoREL,Oノノgo”mzexsα"rerノFoREL,〃"'“/'wmacuz"j"αBRowNetBoIsvERT,Pノiejdoだ〃ノビノノSANTscHI,PノiejcjOgao〃sp.,Pr伽oノアZyl・mexp""ge""sMAYR,S〃ノノi伽「"、αノCZpo"jczJ(ITO),soに"OpsLssp.,S/'wmjgelUAsにw〃CAMERoN,〃mmorj"mcaaSP加加(LINNAEus),リノMEMoymemeびjWHEELER

Ponerinae:Amblyoponini:Ambb'Opo"eα"srmノバsERIcHsoN,Asjノvelrrjj(WHEELER) Proceratiini:〃ocem加加ノ(Zpo"に"mSANTscHI,P・war“ej(WHEELER),P、ノroノFoREL,Djscorhy”as。"rerノFoREL,、.sp・Ectatommini:G"αmprogemAscosrara(EMERY),Rノロyr〃Opo"emp"、"だa(EMERY),R・sp・Ponerini:Bmcノ!〕lpo"emchj"e"血(EMERY),O〕lpmpo"emmerj(WHEELER),Djaazmmasp.,mromom)ノrmexノαvα""sMAYR,HDlpOpo"era〃収po"α(SANTscHI),Odo"rOpo"emrm"sve応α(Fr、SMITH),PC"e、ノ〃o"jcaWHEELER,P・sazbmWHEELER,7mcノiymesOp"spノノOsjor(WHEELER),TXs/zα/mFoREL,T1rzJpeZjOpe/rasp、Odontomachini:Odo"romac〃smo"rjcMzEMERY,0.sp、,A〃oc/zer"ssp・

Vespoidea:VespifOrmes

Tiphiidae:MEオノiocノiα/qpo"jcaYAsuMATsu,7Zp"jMz伽rjaraALLENetJAYNEsMutillidae:Mイが肋e”Opaeα〃kadoCAMERoN,M)wmsα〃igrq/、Sc〃αYAsuMATsuPompilidae:A"Opjmssamarje"sjF(PALLAs),qlpノio"o'U2xao応αノバ,(LEPELETIER)Scoliidae:armosco"α〃Zeノヒz"osomα/tzFcjarα(SMITH),M2gacα”somerJsgrossα〃zα“mzmzJ

(BETEREM)

Masaridae:町e"dOm“αrJscoqwjノノErrjRoHwER

Eumenidae:Djscoeノノ"MJpo"jc"sPEREz,E"me"assp

Vespidae:PC肋raschj"e"sjMJ"花"α肋PEREz,P70veSpasp,

Sphecoidea

Sphecidae:AmmOph加地/臼sraF・SMITH,A叩"にxd伽eaor(THuNBERG)

Colletidae:CMeraspate肋/"sPEREzAndrenidae:A"cノ7℃"α加放adOSTRANDetYAsuMATsu

Halictidae:L“jogノo3,"msp、Melittidae:A化"r、ノ(Zpo"jcaYAsuMATsuetHIRAsImlA

Megachilidae:A〃rhjd"msepremqpJ"ommLEPELETIER

Anthophoridae:X)ノノocOpα(Zppe"djc"ノUmJcjrc"'、ノoノUJ"sSMITHApidae:〃jgo"αsp

Bethyloidea

BethyUdae:C2phaノO"ommgα"icMz(AsHMEAD) Chrysididae:C/z'”jss"α"g〃je"sjsSMITH

Cleptidae:αどpressp、Dryinidae:HtIpノogo"αmp"s(Zpjcα/isPERKINs

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Table2.Distributionofcharacter-statesamongsubfamiliesinFormicidae・

Characternumbersandcharacterstatesaredenotedintext.

123456789101112131415 CharacterNo.

0000111

0000011

0000000

0000000

0000000

1 0011111

0100000

a(U刊,、)〈U〈U(0

1.1

0011000

0100000

0000001

Formicinae

Dolichoderinae

Myrmeciinae

Pseudomyrmecinae

Dorylinae

Leptanillinae

Cerapachyinae

Ponerinae

Amblyoponini Proceratiini

Ponerini

Odontomachini

Ectatommini

Myrmicinae

O00000b

0000000

111122

111111

000000

000000

001100

010000

000001

111111

110000

〈U(Uaan〉〈U

1.1

000000

000000

000000

111111

100011

Results

Thestructuralfeaturesoffourtypesofantennalsensilla(sensillabasiconica,

sensillatrichoideacurvata,sensillacoeloconica,andsensillaampullacea)andtwo

typesoflabialsensilla(setiformsensillaandbutton-1ikesensilla)wereanalyzedin theformicidsandinotheraculeates、

Themorphologicalcharacteristicsandcharacterstatesofthesesensillum

structuresweredescribedasbelow,where(0)meansplesiomorphiccondition,(1),

(1a),(1b)and(2)apomorphicconditons,and(Otol),(Otola),(Otolb)or

(Oto2)transformationseries・ThedistributionofthecharacterstateswithinFormicidaewasshowninTable2.

Antennae

Se"sノノノZJb“jco"jca,

Thistypeofsensillaalwaysconsistsoftwoparts,apegandasocketwhich

isthemembraneconnectingthepegwiththeantennalcuticle(WALTHER,1981;

MARTIN1,1986a)(Figs1and6).

Characterl(Otola;Otolb)

Pegstoutandalmoststraightwithablunttip-(O)(Fig.2),slender,narrowed

apicallyandbasally,withtheapexpointing-(1a)(Fig.3),orthinandgreatly

bent-(1b)(Fig.4).

Character2(Otol)

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Pegshort(<20瓜、)-(0),orlong(>30瓜、)-(1)(Fig.5).Character3(Otol)

Socketflushwiththeantennalsurface-(O),orgreatlyelevatedabovethesur-

臼トス羅耀7鰯露

3- 》■■》口髭一

Figs,1-8.Thesensillabasiconica,-1-5.Pegsofthesensillabasiconica:1,TXPノセノロノ、応"、/α

(Tiphiidae);2,,0ノフノノ"ssp.(Dorylinae,Formicidae);3,C'yprOpo"esα"reri(Ponerinae,For-

micidae);4,αmpacノzjAssum花rj(Cerapachyinae,Formicidae);5,Pノカejdo/ePjeノノ(Myrmicinae,

Formicidae).-6-8.Socketsofthesensillabasiconica:6,71GmIPO"e、α肋bom"s

(Pseudomyrmecinae,Formicidae),longitudinalsectionofthesocket;7,〃jdO'7U′mzexjroj

(Dolichoderinae,Formicidae);8,internalbasalmembraneofthesensillabasiconica.α、‐

Pacノ!)Fbjroj(Cerapachyinae,Formicidae),pegbaselongitudinallydissectedtoshowinternal

basalmembrane.(Scalebar=2.5瓜、)

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face-(1)(Fig.6).

Character4(OtoD

SocketHat-(0),orwithraisedrim-(1)(Fig.7).

Character5(Otol)

Internalbasalmembraneabsent-(0),orpresent-(1)(Fig.8).

Se"sノノhJかjchojdeac"rwJra・

Thissensillumisacurvedhair,,,possessinganencirclingandamiddle 66

cuticularledges(Fig.11).Sincetheseledgesarefeaturescharacteristictothepore Plaf尼sensilla(Fig.10),thesensillatrichoideacurvatacanberegardedasahomo10gueofsensillaplacodea(WALTHER,1981;MARTINI&SCHMIDT,1984; MARTIN1,1986b).

Character6(OtoD

Platetype-(O)(Fig.8),orhairtype-(1)(Fig.11). Character7(Oto2)

Thebasalapertureofthehairextendedfromtheproximalendneartothe upperinnercornerofcurvedhairapparatuses-(O)(Fig.12),showedin-termediateinthestatebetween(0)and(2)-(1),orneverextendedbeyondthe

base-(2)(Fig.13).

Character8(OtoD

Hairinsertedintotheantennalcuticledeeply-(O)(Fig.14),orshallowly-(1)

(Fig.15).

Se"sjノノヒzcoe/OCC"にα・

Thesensillacoeloconicaarepegswithlongitudinalgrooveinthechamber

belowtheantennalsurface(Fig.18).

Character9(OtoD

Openingsmall(diameter<3.0〃、)-(O)(Fig.16),orlarge(>4.0,um)-(1)(Fig.17).

CharacterlO(Otola)(Otolb)

Chambertube-form-(O)(Fig.19),fUnnel-form-(1a)(Fig.20),orboth-

(1bl

Characterll(Otol)

Surfacegroovesofthepegnotextendingbasallybeyondthemidpoint-(O) (Fig.18),orreachingnearlythebase-(1)(Fig.19.)

Se"sノノhJα"ZpMZJcea,

Thesensillaampullacearesemblethecoeloconicsensilla,butaredistinctinthe chamberbeingmoredeeplysituated(Fig.21)anddifferentsurfacestructureofthe sensehairinthechamber(Fig.24).

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Figs、9-15.-9-10.Thesensillaplacodea:9,DiFcoeノノ"s/叩o"jczイs(Eumenidae);10,助me"essp.,inneraspect、-11-15.Thesensillatrichoideacurvata:11,Polye堰"ssam"〃(For-micinae,Formicidae),longitudinalsectionofhair;12-13,hairbaseaperturesofthesensilla

trichoideacurvata,12,Ctm1po"omMIpo"jc"s(Formicinae,Formicidae),hairbasedissected toshowtheaperture;13,Apノme"og“rer/bme/jca(Myrmicinae,Formicidae),hairremovedto

showtheaperture);14-15,hairinsertionofthesensillatrichoideacurvata,14,07mPC"o'"s

ノ(JPO"jc"3(Formicinae,Formicidae);15,αmpacノDAFb伽ノ(Cerapachyinae,Formicidae)(Scalebar=2s似、)

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弓匡溺

Figs,16-24.-16-20.Thesensillacoeloconica:16-17,externalopeningsofthesensilla

coeloconica,16,L“j"s〃Jger(Formicinae,Formicidae);17,71ec〃o、)w7zexgjbbos"s

(Dolichoderinae,Formicidae);18-19,longitudinalsectionsofinnerchamberofthesensilla

coeloconicashowingthepeg,18,CremarogmrermaLs"、"raj(Myrmicinae,Formicidae);19,

0コlptOpo"esamerj(Ponerinae,Formicidae),notethatpeg-surfacegroovesrunfromthetip

neartothebase;20,mnerviewsofthesensillacoeloconiCa,MEノOp/joro"ssp.(Formicinae,

Formicidae).-21-24.Innerviewsofthesensillaampullacea:21,A、p此xdissecror

(Sphecidae);22,L“伽〃jger(Formicinae,Formicidae);23-24,Pro“、伽、ノ(Zpo"jc"m

(Ponerinae,Formicidae),24,chamberdissectedtoshowinnerhair・(Scalebar=Z5Jum)

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Figs、25-31.-25-26.Distributionpatternofsensilla:25,basalsegmentsofantennalfUniculus,Mm77eα"α9m〃"jcMz〃仰o"jaJ(Myrmicinae,Formicidae),、otethatthe

segmentshavebristlesonly;26,thebristlesdissectedtoshowthebase,S〃rhZsrlwmaノ(Ipo"jaJ(Myrmicinae,Formicidae),notethatthebristleshavenoaperturesatthebaseofcuticular

apparatus、-27-3LLabial-palpsensilla:27-28,Mイ〃αe"rOpaeα〃kaao(Mutillidae),28,close-upofthetipoflabialpalp,notebutton-likesensillum;29,Myrmecjag"ノCsα

(Myrmeciinae,Formicidae);30,OyPrOPo"Csα"rerj(Ponerinae,Formicidae);31,月o‐Ce、伽mwamsej(Ponerinae,Formicidae),close-upofthetipoflabialpalpshowingbutton‐likesensillum.(Scalebar=2.s似、)

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Characterl2(Otol)

Theinternalchamberflask-form-(0)(Fig.22),ortube-form-(1)(Fig.23).

PZJrre'〃q/・se"sノノノ、α肋伽rjo"・

Characterl3(Otol)

Thesensillaofalltypesshowedratherhomogenousdistribution-(O),or

concentratedinapicalsegements-(1)(Fig.25).

Labialpalpi

Sa肋r"zse"sノノノロ・

Theseareslenderhairspointingsharply(Fig.27).

Characterl4(OtoD

Thepalpuscoveredwiththesetiformsensilladensely-(0)(Fig.29),or

sparsely-(1)(Fig.30).

B"がoルノノkese"sノノノ[7.

Thissensillumisapegsetinasocketonthetipoflastlabial-palpsegment

(Fig.28)。

Characterl5(OtoD

Thepegshort(<5〃、)-(O)(Fig.30),orlong(>5〃、)-(1)(Fig.31).

Discussion

Thesensillumstructuresstudiedhereprovidedsynapomorphicstatesforthe

followingnestedpatternsofrelationshipsamongtheformicidsubfamilies、

EctatomminiofPonerinaeandMyrmicinaeweregroupedtogetherbasedo、

thelongpegofthesensillabasiconica(character2)andsmallhair-baseapertureof

thesensillatrichoideacurvata(character7).ThoughAmblyoponiniofPonerinae

alsohadthelongpegsofthesensillabasiconica(seeTable2),thismaybecon‐

vergentwiththetwotaxamentionedabovebecauseacloserelationshipbetween

Amblyoponiniand(Ectatommini+Myrmicinae)wascontradictedbythecharac-

terstatesofothersensillumstructures(characters7andl5).Poneriniand

OdontomachiniofPonerinaeweregroupedtogetherbyauniquepegshapeof

thesensillabasiconica(characterl)andauniquesurfacegrooveconditioninthe

pegsofthesensillacoeloconica(characterll).Leptanillinae,Cerapachyinae,and

AmblyoponiniandProceratiiniofPonerinaeweregroupedtogetherbythe

elongatedpegofthelabialbutton-likesensilla(characterl5).Althoughrela‐

tionshipsamongthesethreegroups(Ectatommini+Myrmicinae,Ponerini+

Odontomachini,Leptanillinae+Cerapachyinae+Amblyoponini+Proceratiini)

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werenotclarihedinthisstudy,thesegroupsandDorylinaeweregroupedbya synapomorphy,ノ.a,smoothlabialpalpiwithreducedhairs(characterl4).MyrmeciinaeandPseudomyrmecinaeformedagroupbasedonthestrongly elevatedsocketofthesensillabasiconica(character3),whichisthesistergroupof Dorylinae+Leptanillinae+Cerapachyinae+Ponerinae+Myrmicinae,basedonthe hairsinsertedshallowlyintotheantennalcuticleofthesensillatrichoideacurvata

(character8).Dolichoderinaewasthesistergroupofthemonophyleticcompo-nentconsistingoftheabovesevensubfamiliesbasedonthetransformationseries

ofthehair-baseapertureofthesensillatrichoideacurvata(character7),andthese

togetherconstitutedthesistergroupofFormicinaebasedonthehair-likeplates

(j、a,thesensillatrichoideacurvata)(character6).Asthesensillaplacodeaof

Hymenopterahavebeenbelievedtohaveevolvedfromhair-typesensilla(VoGEL,

1923),thesensillatrichoideacurvatawerepreviouslyinterpretedasprecursorsof

thesensillaplacodea(WAcKER,1925).Thishypothesis,however,mustassume

independentoriginofsensillaplacodeawithineachlineageofAculeata,because

theplatesensillawerewelldevelopedintheotheraculeateswhichmustbeearlier

derivedgroupsthanFormicidae,suchasBethyloideaandSphecoidea(Cf・

BROTHERS,1974).A1ternatively,ifthesensillaplacodeaevolvedonceintheAculeata,

thehair-1ikeplateofFormicidaemustbetheresultsofthereversalevolution,

Thus,themostparsimoniousinterpretationfortherestricteddistributio、ofthe

sensillatrichoideacurvataonlywithinFormicidaewouldbethatthesesensillaare

derivativesoftheplateofsensillaplacodea,j、e,,thehair-1ikeplatewasanapo-

morphicstateintheFormicidae,

Thebasicconceptforphylogenyofformicidsubfamilieshadbeentreatedin

threedifferentmanners(e、9.,WHEELER,1928;BRowN,1954;TAYLOR,1978).Based

ontheabovenestedpatternsofrelationshipsamongthesubfamilies,thebasic

conceptsforformicidphylogenywerescrutinizedWHEELER(1928)hypothesized

thattheponerinesasthemostprimitivegroupfromwhichtheothersubfamilies

directlydiverged・DespitenoconvincingevidencegivenbyWHEELER(10c・Cit.),

REID(1941)haspointedoutthatponerinesdisplaymostdiversethoraciccharac-

ters,whichprobablysupportstheWHEELER,shypothesis、However,thereexistsno

reasonwhyanancestralgroupshouldbemostdiversifiedinmorphology,Even

though,forexample,thefossilrecordsuggeststhatthemyrmicinesareconsidered

asthemostrecentlyderivedgroupoftheformicids(cfBRowN,1973),theydisplay

byfarthegreatestdiversityinmorpho1ogysuchasofmouthpart(GoTwALD,1969)

andlarvalstructures(WHEELER&WHEELER,1976).Thesensillumcharactersdid

notsupportWHEELER(1928),becauseacceptingthehypothesisofponerineorigin

forotherformicidsrequirednumbersofunlikelyreversionsincharacter-state

evolutionofthesensillumstructures(charactersl,2,7,8,11,14andl5).

BRowN(1954)proposedthatthefOrmicidssplitearlyintheirevolutioninto

twophylands:thePoneroidphylandincludingPonerinae,Myrmicinae,Dory-

1inae,LeptanillinaeandCerapachyinae,andtheMyrmecioidphylandincluding

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Myrmeciinae,Pseudomyrmecinae,DolichoderinaeandFormicinae・WILsoN,eraノ.

(1967),supportingBRowN(1954),emphasizedapossibilitythattheformicidsmay bederivedtwiceinevolution・ThoughBRowN(1954)andWILsoNeraノ.(1967)

didnotexplicitlystatethecharacterdatadividingthePoneroidandMyrmecioid

phylands,itismostprobablefromtheirdiscussionthatthesetwophylandswere

establishedbytheoverallsimilaritiesoftheprimitivemembersofeachofthe

phylands,whichimpliesthattheymightbebasedonthesymplesiomorphicstates・

Becausesymplesiomorphieshavenovaluefordeterminingthephylogeneticrela-

tionships,thetwophylandsproposedbyBRowN(1954)mayormaynotrepresent

phylogeneticreality,Thepresentstudyindicatedthatthemembersofboth

phylandssharedthefimdamentalhomogeneousstructuresinthesensillaandthat

alltheformicidsstudiedhereweregroupedtogetherbythepossessionofthesensilla

trichoideacurvata(seeTable2,character6).ThedeepsplitproposedbyBRowN

(1954)intheformicidevolutionwas,therefore,notfoundinthesensillumstruc-tures・

TAYLOR(1978),modifyingBRowN(1954),transferredMWmecjaofMyrmeci-

inaebuttheothermyrmeciinegenusjVOrho"Zyrmeaa,andPseudomyrmecinae

fromtheMyrmecioidphylandtothePoneroidphylandHeproposedthathis

PoneroidandMyrmecioidphylands(whichwasrenamed``Formicioid,,)represent

separateandtwomajorlineagesintheformicidphylogeny・Thismodificationwas

basedlargelyoneitherfUsedorseparatescleritesofthe4thabdominalsegment・

ThemembersofPoneroidphylandandalsoM)w7zecjaofMyrmeciinaeand

PseudomyrmecinaehadfUsedsclerites,whereastheywereunfUsedintheother

membersofMyrmecioidphyland・However,theunfusedconditioninthe

membersoftheFormicioidphylandmaybesymplesiomorphic,becausethisisa

conditionoccurringinmostaculeates・ThoughjVOrノio"ZWmeaawerenotavail-

ableinthisstudy,themonophylyofFormicinae+Dolichoderinae,atleast,was

notsupportedbythesensillumcharacters、Instead,thisstudyindicatedthatthese

subfamilieswerederivedindependentlyfromthemainformicidstockatveryearly

time,becausetheysharednoapomorphiccharactersandborerelativelyfew,but

unique,sensillumcharactersinderivedstates(seeTable2,characters49&10).

Consequently,eachofthethreephylogeniesfortheformicidsubfamilieswasnot

supportedbythisstudy・

Thepresentstudycanalsoshednewlightonsomeproblemspuzzlingformicid

systematists、WHEELER(1928)relatedPseudomyrmecinaeandMyrmicinaebased

ontwosegmentalelementsofthepetiole・However,twosegmentedpetioleoc-

curredindependentlyinPseudomyrmecinae,Myrmicinae,Myrmeciinae,some

Dorylinae,Leptanillinae,CerapachyinaeandsomePonerinae、BRowN(1954)

relatedPseudomyrmecinaetoMyrmeciinaeinsteadoftoMyrmicinae,buthedid

notprovideanyconvincingevidenceforthisrelationship、ThoughEINsNER

(1957),supportingBRowN(1954),indicatedthattheproventriculusofPseudo-

myrmecinaewassimilartothatofMyrmeciinae,thesimilaritymaybedueto

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symplesiomorphybecausetheirproventriculusisthesametypefoundinmost otherAculeata・ThesensillumcharactercorroboratedBRowN(1954),asindicatedabove(character3).

ThecerapachyineshavebeenconsideredtobeancestraltoDorylinae,which servesasatransitionaltaxonfromPonerinaetoDorylinae(EMERY1895;WHEELER

&WHEELER,1985),thoughREID(1941)didnotsupportthisviewbasedonthe

thoracicstructures,Thepresentstudysupportedneitherthecerapachyineorigin

ofthedorylinesnortheintermediateplacementofcerapachyinesbetween

PonerinaeandDorylinae・ThesensiUumstructuresofcerapachyinesand

ponerinesweremorespecializedthanthoseofthedorylines・Particularly,the

cerapachyineshaduniquelymodifiedpegsofthesensillabasiconica(characterl),

aconditionthatthedorylinescouldnotariseRelatednessofcerapachyineswith

someponerines,suchasAmblyoponiniandProceratiini,wasproposedbythe

thoraciccharacters(REID,1941)andthemouthpartcharacters(GoTwALD,1969). Thiswassupportedalsobythesensillumcharactersasincharacterl5・

EctatomminiofPonerinaewasconsideredastheancestralrelativeof

Myrmicinae,becauseMyrmicinaeretainedsomeprimitivecharactersofthe

ectatomminesandafossilgenusAgroeco"2〕ノノmexmayprovidedatransitional

for、(BRowN,1954).However,noapomorphicstateswerefoundtoindicatea

sister-grouprelationshipbetweenthem・Thepresentstudyprovidedtwosynapo-

morphiesforMyrmicinae+Ectatommini(characters2and7). BRowN(1958)afIiliatedProceratiiniwithEctatommini,basedonthemor-

phologicalresemblancesobservedin月ocem伽mofProceratiiniandHCrero‐

po"emofEctatommini・However,WHEELERandWHEELER(1976)disagreedwith

him(1958).TheyindicatedthatlarvaeofProceratiinidiffbredfromthoseof

HaerOpo"emandfromthoseofanyotherknownectatommines・Although

Haempo"emhavenotbeenexamined,thepresentresultwasnotconsistentwith

BRwoN(1958)becausethesensillumstructuresofProceratiinidifIeredgreatly

fromthoseofEctatommini,particularlyinthestructuresofthesensillaampul-

1acea;innootherformicidtaxatheductlesschamberwasfound(characterl2).

ThoughtheductlesschamberwascommoninAculeata,theconditioninProcera‐

tiinisuggesteditssecondaryderivation,ratherthanaretainedplesiomorphicstate,

becausethechamberofProceratiinihadstillmarkedlynarrowpart,unlikethe ductlesschamberofotheraculeates・

OdontomachiniofPonerinaeisthemostdistinctiveandeasilyrecognizedof

alltheFormicidaebyitsunusualheadandmandibles・Thoughthedistinctiveness

oftheheadandmandiblestendstoobscuretheirphylogeneticrelationshiptothe otherformicids,BRowN(1976)relatedOdontomachinitoPonerinibasedonsimi‐

laritiesobservedinthelarvae・ThesensillumcharacterofadultOdontomachini

andPonerinisupportedBRowN(1976),asincharacterslandlL

Basedonthesensillacharacters,thefollowingsubfamiliesofFormicidaewere

delimited:FormicinaewascharacterizedbythecharacterlO,Dolichoderinaeby

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thecharacters4and9,MyrmeciinaebythecharacterlO,Cerapachyinaebythe

charactersland5,andMyrmicinaebythecharacterl3,thoughmorecomparative

datawereneededtodeterminethatthesestructuresareavailablethroughouttaxa・

ItshouldbenotedthatthevalidityofPonerinaewasquestionedinthisstudy, becausethesensillumcharactersindicatedthatexaminedmembersofthissub-

familyshouldbedividedintogroupssomeofwhicharecloselyrelatedtoother

subfamilies;group(1)AmblyoponiniandProceratiiniwhichconstituteamono-

phyleticcomponenttogetherwithCerapachyinaeandLeptanillinae,group(2)

PoneriniandOdontomachini,group(3)Ectatomminiwhichisthesistergroup

ofMyrmicinae・PonerinaeisthemostheterogeneousgroupofFormicidae,and

thecharacterstatesdelimitingthissubfamilymaybeplesiomorphicforFormicidae

(cfDALLAToRRE,1893;REID,1941;WHEELER&WHEELER,1964;GoTwALD,

1969).Sinceextensivevariationsinmorphologyandbehaviorexist,CLARK(1951)

evendividedtheponerinesintoseveralsubfamilies:Amblyoponinae,Dis-

cothyrinae,OdontomachinaeandPonerinae、AlthoughCLARK'sclassification

wasnotsupportedbythisstudyandthefinalconclusionoftaxonomicstatusfor

ponerinesmustawaitforfUrtherinvestigation,Iamtemptedtoconsider

Ponerinaeasasubfamilyunwarranted

Thepresentresultssuggestedthattheexistingconceptsofphylogenyand

highertaxaofFormicidaeshouldbechanged,Amorerealisticphylogenycanbe

approachedbytestingandretestingofnewcharacterssuchassensillumcharacters

usedinthisstudy.

Acknowledgments

IexpressmysinceregratitudetoDr.M・TAKEDA,forhiscriticalreadingof

EnglishtextandDr.T、NAITo,forhisreadingthroughthemanuscript・Iwishto

thankProf、SMoMol,KobeUniversityforhisencouragement,Iammuchin‐

debtedtothefoUowinggentlemenfortheirkindnessinofferingvaluablematerial

andusefUlinformation:M・AzuMA,R、H、CRozIER,M、KuBoTA,K・MAsuKo,K・

OGATA,R、W・TAYLOR,M・TERAYAMA,JR・WALTHER,SK・YAMANE,andK・

YAMAucHL

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