Brachyponera nigrita nigritella

Brachyponera nigrita nigritella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Brachyponera
Species:	B. nigrita
Subspecies:	B. nigrita nigritella
Trinomial name
Brachyponera nigrita nigritella (Stärcke, 1930)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• nigritella. Euponera (Brachyponera) nigrita subsp. nigritella Stärcke, 1930: 379 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Fort de Kock, x.1913 (E. Jacobson).
  • Type-depository: NNML..
  • Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 307;
  • combination in Brachyponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 80.
  • Subspecies of nigrita: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 307.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra).

References

• 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 307, Combination in Pachycondyla)
• 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).
• Stärcke, A. 1930. Verzeichnis der bis jetzt von der Insel Palau Berhala bekannt gewordenen Ameisen. Treubia 12: 371-381 (page 379, worker described)