Euponera grandis
Euponera grandis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Euponera |
Species: | E. grandis |
Binomial name | |
Euponera grandis (Donisthorpe, 1947) |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Vietnam (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- grandis. Ponera grandis Donisthorpe, 1947a: 283 (w.) VIETNAM. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Ponera grandis Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 206 (Bolton, 1995b: 305).] Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 305; in Euponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 87.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Yen Bay, Tonkin, Vietnam, F. Silvestri, The Natural History Museum; (collected in a nest of termites).
Description
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 305, Combination in Pachycondyla)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1947a [1946]. New species of ants from China and Mauritius. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(13): 283-286 (page 283, 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).