Heteroponera brounii

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Heteroponera brounii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Heteroponerini
Genus: Heteroponera
Species: H. brounii
Binomial name
Heteroponera brounii
(Forel, 1892)

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Specimen Label

Synonyms
At a Glance • Ergatoid queen  

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -34.16° to -41.283°.

   
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: New Zealand (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Ergatoid queen of H. brounii, showing striking enlargement of gaster. From AntWeb (CASENT0172108).

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Queen (ergatoid). Specimen code casent0172108. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0172939. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0172957. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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. Owned by Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Nomenclature

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

  • brounii. Ectatomma (Acanthoponera) brownii Forel, 1892c: 335 (w.) NEW ZEALAND.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: New Zealand: Auckland, Drury (T. Broun).
    • [Note: Broun misspelled as Brown in original description.]
    • Type-depository: CMNZ, MHNG, NHMB.
    • [Justified emendation of spelling to brounii: Forel, 1905a: 353, Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 184.]
    • Combination in Acanthoponera: Forel, 1905a: 353;
    • combination in Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera): Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 183;
    • combination in Heteroponera: Brown, in Borgmeier, 1957: 112.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 23; Forel, 1905a: 353; Emery, 1911d: 36; Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 183; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 10; Brown, 1958g: 195, 262; Brown, 1958h: 17; Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 102; Taylor, 1987a: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 212; Don, 2007: 60.
    • Senior synonym of kirki: Brown, 1958g: 195; Brown, 1958h: 18; Taylor, 1987a: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 212.
    • Distribution: New Zealand.
  • kirki. Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera) brouni subsp. kirki Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 184, fig. 4 (w. ergatoid q.) NEW ZEALAND.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”), 1 syntype ergatoid queen.
    • Type-locality: New Zealand: Waitakari Forest, nr Auckland, 5.ix.1914 (W.M. Wheeler).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Subspecies of brounii: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 10.
    • Junior synonym of brounii: Brown, 1958g: 195; Brown, 1958h: 18; Taylor, 1987a: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 212.

Acanthoponera brouni kirki type material
Three syntype workers from Auckland, New Zealand, 5 Sept. 1914, W.M. Wheeler (Museum of New Zealand, reported by Palma et al., 1989).

Type Material

Description

References

  • Borgmeier, T. 1957a. Myrmecologische Studien, I. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 29: 103-128 (page 112, Combination in Heteroponera: Brown)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 195, see also)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958h. A review of the ants of New Zealand. Acta Hymenopterol. 1: 1-50 (page 18, Senior synonym of kirki)
  • Forel, A. 1892c. Die Ameisen Neu-Seelands. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 8: 331-343 (page 335, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1905d. A revision of the species of the Formicidae (ants) of New Zealand. Trans. Proc. N. Z. Inst. 37: 353-355 (page 353, Combination in Acanthoponera, and spelling emended to brounii)
  • Palma, R.L., Lovis, P.M. & Tother, C. 1989. An annotated list of primary types of the phyla Arthropoda (except Crustacea) and Tardigrada held in the National Museum of New Zealand. National Museum of New Zealand miscellaneous series No. 20: 1-49.
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1923f. Ants of the genera Myopias and Acanthoponera. Psyche (Camb.) 30: 175-192 (page 183, see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362.
  • Brown WL. 1958. A review of the ants of New Zealand. Acta Hymenopterologica 1.1: 1-50.
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958. A review of the ants of New Zealand. Acta Hymenopterologica 1:1-50.
  • Cumber RA. Distributional and biological notes on sixteen North Island species of Formicidae. 10-14.
  • Cumber, R. A. 1959. Distributional and biological notes on sixteen North Island species of Formicidae (Hymenoptera). New Zealand Entomologist 2(4):10-14.
  • Cumber, R.A. 1959. Distributional and biological notes on sixteen North Island species of Formicidae (Hymenoptera)
  • Don AW. Ants from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand. 1994. New Zealand Entomologist 17:22-29.
  • Don, A. W. 1994. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 17:22-29.
  • Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
  • Forel A. 1905. A revision of the species of the Formicidae (ants) of New Zealand. Trans. Proc. N. Z. Inst. 37: 353-355.
  • Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
  • Ward D. 2005. Changes to the classification of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Weta 30: 16-18.
  • Ward D.F. 2009. The diversity, community composition and seasonality of native and introduced ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in northern New Zealand. Myrmecological News 12: 195-200.
  • Ward DF. 2009. The diversity, community composition and seasonality of native and introduced ants in northern New Zealand. Myrmecological News 12: 195-202
  • Wheeler W. M. 1923. Ants of the genera Myopias and Acanthoponera. Psyche (Cambridge) 30: 175-192.
  • Wheeler WM. 1927. Ants of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 62.4: 120-153.
  • Wheeler WM. 1935. Checklist of the ants of Oceania. Bernice P Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 11.11 pg 3-56
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1927. The ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 62: 121-153
  • Wilson EO, Taylor RW. 1967. The ants of Polynesia. Pacific Insects Monograph 14:1-109.
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