Heteroponera robusta

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Heteroponera robusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Heteroponerini
Genus: Heteroponera
Species: H. robusta
Binomial name
Heteroponera robusta
Kempf, 1962

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -23.517° to -23.532°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • robusta. Heteroponera robusta Kempf, 1962a: 36 (w.q.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 41 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens.
    • Type-locality: holotype Brazil: São Paulo, Município de Salesópolis, Estação Biológica de Boracéia, 13.ix.1960 (K. Lenko); paratypes: 30 workers, 1 queen with same data, 1 worker Boracéia, SP, iii.1949 (L. Trevassos), 1 queen same locality (H. Reichardt), 7 workers, 1 queen Alto da Serra, SP, x.1906 (H. Luederwaldt), 3 workers, 1 queen same locality (R. Spitz).
    • Type-depositories: DZSP (holotype); DZSP, MZSP (paratypes).
    • Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 117; Bolton, 1995b: 212; Feitosa, 2015c: 98.
    • Distribution: Brazil.

Description

References

  • Kempf, W. W. 1962a. Retoques à classificaça~o das formigas neotropicais do gênero Heteroponera Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (Sa~o Paulo) 15: 29-47 (page 36, worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Kempf W. W. 1962. Retoques à classificação das formigas neotropicais do gênero Heteroponera Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 15: 29-47.
  • Kempf W. W. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Scott-Santos, C.P., F.A. Esteves, C.R.F. Brandao. 2008. Catalogue of "Poneromorph" ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 48(11):75-88.
  • Silva R.R., and C. R. F. Brandao. 2014. Ecosystem-Wide Morphological Structure of Leaf-Litter Ant Communities along a Tropical Latitudinal Gradient. PLoSONE 9(3): e93049. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093049