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Brachyponera brevidorsa
| Brachyponera brevidorsa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Brachyponera |
| Species: | B. brevidorsa |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachyponera brevidorsa Xu, Z., 1994 | |
Identification
Wu (1994) - Brachyponera brevidorsa is close to Brachyponera luteipes but has the dorsal surface of the propodeum slightly convex, distinctly shorter than the apical surface; occipital margin of the head straight; mandibles, flagella of antennae and legs yellowish brown.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- brevidorsa. Brachyponera brevidorsa Xu, 1994b: 183, figs. 5, 6 (w.) CHINA (Yunnan).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 19 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: China: Yunnan Prov., Baoshan (25.1°N, 99.1°E), 1880 m., 11.x.1991, no. A91-1022 (Z. Xu); paratypes: 17 workers with same data, 2 workers with same data but no. A91-1053.
- Type-depository: SFCY.
- Status as species: Zhou & Ran, 2010: 107; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 60.
- Distribution: China.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Type Material
Holotype worker, CHINA: Baoshan (99.1 0 E, 25.1 0 N), 1880m, Yunnan Provo , 11. X. 1991, no, A91-1022 (Xu Zheng-hui). Paratypes: 17 workers, with the same data as the holotype; 2 workers, with the same data as holotype, but no. A91- 1053. The type specimens are deposited in the Insect Collection, Department of Forest Protection, Southwest Forestry College, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
References
- Liu, C., Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Liu, Q., Peng, Y.Q., Economo, E.P., Guénard, B., Pierce, N.E. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains: a new altitudinal survey and updated checklist for Yunnan Province highlight an understudied insect biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys 978, 1–171 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.978.55767).
- Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).
- Xu, Z. 1994b. A taxonomic study of the ant genus Brachyponera Emery in southwestern China (Hymenoptera Formicidae Ponerinae). J. Southwest For. Coll. 14: 181-185 (page 183, figs. 5, 6 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Xu Z. 1994. A taxonomic study of the ant genus Brachyponera Emery in Southwestern China (Hymenoptera Formicidae Ponerinae). Journal of Southwest Forestry College 14(3): 181-185.
- Zhang R., X. Zhou, Q. Tang, and S. Zhou. 2016. Morphometrics of thirteen species of the genus Pachycondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in China. Chinese Journal of Applied Entomology 53(5): 1130-1137.