Brachyponera atrata

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Brachyponera atrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Brachyponera
Species: B. atrata
Binomial name
Brachyponera atrata
(Karavaiev, 1925)

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Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 8.09131° to 7.38697°.

 
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Tropical South
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Micronesia (Federated States of).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • atrata. Euponera (Brachyponera) atrata Karavaiev, 1925b: 126 (w.) INDONESIA (Ambon).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • [Notes (i): Kostyuk, 1976: 92, cites 4w, 1q syntypes Ambon (queen not mentioned in the original description), 3w syntypes Boeton SIZK; (ii) Radchenko, Fisher, et al. 2023: 17, cite 3w syntypes Ambon, 4w syntypes Boeton SIZK.]
    • Type-localities: “a few workers” Indonesia: Amboina (= Ambon I.) 1912-13, Nr. 2762 (W. Karawaiew), and “more workers” Sulawesi, Boeton I., 1912-13, Nr. 2764 (W. Karawaiew).
    • Type-depository: SIZK.
    • Karavaiev, 1926d: 418 (q.).
    • Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 303;
    • combination in Brachyponera: Wilson, 1958d: 347; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 80.
    • Status as species: Karavaiev, 1926d: 418; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 63; Bolton, 1995b: 303; Clouse, 2007b: 268.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Ambon), Micronesia.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Clouse R. M. 2007. The ants of Micronesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Micronesica. 39: 171-295.
  • Clouse, R.M. 2007. The ants of Micronesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Micronesica 39(2): 171-295.
  • Field Museum Collection, Chicago, Illinois (C. Moreau)
  • Karavaiev V. 1925. Ponerinen (Fam. Formicidae) aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. (Fortsetzung). Konowia 4: 115-131.
  • Karavaiev V. 1926. Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. Treubia 8: 413-445.
  • Latumahina F., M. Borovanska, N. S. Putra, and M. Janda. 2015. Ants of Ambon Island – diversity survey and checklist. ZooKeys 472: 43–57.
  • Wilson E. O. 1958. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 303-371.