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Heteroponera leae
| Heteroponera leae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Heteroponerini |
| Genus: | Heteroponera |
| Species: | H. leae |
| Binomial name | |
| Heteroponera leae (Wheeler, W.M., 1923)
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Specimens have been found in litter and pitfall samples from rainforest and eucalypt forest.
Identification
Similar to the more northerly distributed Heteroponera crozieri. The first gastral tergite largely moderately punctate-rugose; the raised elements with a clear semi-circular trend, and the posterior third of the dorsum forming a less-intensely punctate-reticulate transverse band. Second gastral tergite distinctly and somewhat reticulately longitudinally striate. For additional identification notes see Heteroponera crozieri.
Identification Keys including this Taxon
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -28.43333333° to -32.13722222°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Worker
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- leae. Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera) leae Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 181, fig. 3 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, National Park, nr Sydney (A.M. Lea).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Combination in Heteroponera: Brown, 1958g: 196.
- Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 196; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212; Taylor, 2011: 120 (redescription).
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, Royal Nat. Park (as The National Park), near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Description
Measurements and indices: (mm – syntype worker; smallest available worker (Ewingar SF), largest available worker (Werrikimbe NP)): TL (ca.): 4.9; 4.77, 5.62. HW: 1.11; 1.12, 1.30. HL: 1.15; 1.17, 1.23. CI: 96; 95, 95. EL: 0.21; 0.19, 0.22. SL: 0.72; 0.72, 0.80. SI: 65; 64, 61. PW: 0.73; 0.74, 0.83. WL: 1.54; 1.57, 1.69. PetH: 0.62; 0.70, 0.71. PetW: 0.49; 0.48, 0.53. GW: 0.98; 1.02, 1.12.
References
- Taylor, R.W. 2011. Australasian ants of the subfamily Heteroponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): (1) General introduction and review of the Heteroponera leae (Wheeler, 1923) species group, with descriptions of two new species. Myrmecological News. 15:117-123.
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 196, Combination in Heteroponera)
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1923f. Ants of the genera Myopias and Acanthoponera. Psyche (Camb.) 30: 175-192 (page 181, fig. 3 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Taylor R. W. 2011. Australasian ants of the subfamily Heteroponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): (1) General introduction and review of the Heteroponera leae (Wheeler, 1923) species group, with descriptions of two new species. Myrmecological News 15: 117-123.