Heteroponera georgesi

Heteroponera georgesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Heteroponerini
Genus:	Heteroponera
Species:	H. georgesi
Binomial name
Heteroponera georgesi Perrault, 1999 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: French Guiana (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.

• georgesi. Heteroponera georgesi Perrault, 1999a: 475, figs. 1-6 (w.) FRENCH GUIANA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
  • Type-locality: holotype French Guiana: Cayenne, Grand-Matoury, 8.viii.1982, berlesate (Orousset); paratype with same data.
  • Type-depository: MNHN.
  • Distribution: French Guiana.

References

• Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).
• Perrault, G. H. 1999a [1998]. Heteroponera georgesi n. sp. de Guyane française (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 103: 475-477. (page 475, figs. 1-6 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Fernández F., and T. M. Arias-Penna. 2008. Las hormigas cazadoras en la región Neotropical. Pp. 3-39 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp.
• Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
• Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
• Perrault G. H. 1999. Heteroponera georgesi n. sp. de Guyane française (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 103: 475-477.