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Brachyponera jerdonii
| Brachyponera jerdonii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Brachyponera |
| Species: | B. jerdonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachyponera jerdonii (Forel, 1900)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 32.6528° to 6.406°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India (type locality), Sri Lanka.
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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| Syntype of Ponera jerdonii. Worker. Specimen code casent0907282. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- jerdonii. Ponera jerdonii Forel, 1900d: 327 (w.) INDIA (Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- [Note:Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 135, cites 1w syntype NHMB.]
- Type-localities: India: Poona (R.C. Wroughton), India: Calcutta (G.A.J. Rothney), India: Calicut (G.A.J. Rothney), India: Barrackpore (G.A.J. Rothney), India: Assam (Smythies).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
- Combination in Euponera (Brachyponera): Emery, 1901a: 47;
- combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 306;
- combination in Brachyponera: Bingham, 1903: 102; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 80.
- Status as species: Rothney, 1903: 97; Bingham, 1903: 102; Emery, 1911d: 84; Donisthorpe, 1943b: 197; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 63, 70 (combinations in Euponera, Ponera, respectively); Radchenko, 1993a: 81; Bolton, 1995b: 306; Tiwari, 1999: 30; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 49; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 104.
- Distribution: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus glabricollis.
Description
Worker
Bingham (1903): Closely resembling B. luteipes, Mayr, but distinctly smaller and slighter, with the mandibles, antennae and legs of a lighter colour than in that species. Thorax with the pronotum more rounded (in B. luteipes the anterior lateral angles of the pronotum are very distinct), and the head shorter, more square, the eyes very much smaller, and the whole insect more smooth and shining.
Length: 3 - 3.5 mm
References
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 102, Combination in Brachyponera)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 306, Combination in Pachycondyla)
- Dendup, K.C., Dorji, C., Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H., Pfeiffer, M. 2021. A preliminary checklist of ants from Bhutan. Asian Myrmecology 14, e014005 (doi:10.20362/am.014005).
- Duanchay, T., Buttachon, S., Pinkaew, N., Jaitrong, W. 2024. Two new cave dwelling species of the ant genus Brachyponera Emery, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Ponerinae) from Thailand. Far Eastern Entomologist 511, 1–12 (doi:10.25221/fee.511.1).
- Emery, C. 1901b. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 32-54 (page 47, Combination in Euponera (Brachyponera))
- Forel, A. 1900f. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VII. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 303-332 (page 327, worker described)
- 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).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Dad J. M., S. A. Akbar, H. Bharti, and A. A. Wachkoo. 2019. Community structure and ant species diversity across select sites ofWestern Ghats, India. Acta Ecologica Sinica 39: 219–228.
- Forel A. 1900. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VII. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 303-332.
- Gumawardene, N.R., J.D. Majer and J.P. Edirisinghe. 2008. Diversity and richness of ant species in a lowland wet forest reserve in Sri Lanka. Asian Myrmecology 2:71-83
- Gunawardene N. R., J. D. Majer, and J. P. Edirisinghe. 2008. Diversity and richness of ant species in a lowland wet forest reserve in Sri Lanka. Asian Myrmecology 2: 71-83.
- Radchenko A. G. 1993. Ants from Vietnam in the collection of the Institute of Zoology, PAS, Warsaw. I. Pseudomyrmicinae, Dorylinae, Ponerinae. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 44: 75-82.