Heteroponera mayri

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Heteroponera mayri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Heteroponerini
Genus: Heteroponera
Species: H. mayri
Binomial name
Heteroponera mayri
Kempf, 1962

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Specimen labels


At a Glance • Ergatoid queen  

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.68015° to -30.45°.

     
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil (type locality), Paraguay.

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 queens (flightless)

Ergatoid queen of H. mayrii, showing simplified, worker-like thorax. Photograph by Rodrigo Feitosa.

Worker

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Nomenclature

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

  • mayri. Heteroponera mayri Kempf, 1962a: 43, figs. 5, 12 (w.q.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, São Paulo).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 121 paratype workers, 11 paratype queens.
    • Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Santa Catarina, Chapecó, vii.1960 (F. Plaumann); paratypes with same data.
    • Type-depository: MZSP.
    • Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 117; Kempf & Lenko, 1976: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 212; Wild, 2007b: 29; Feitosa, 2015c: 98.
    • Distribution: Brazil, Paraguay.

Description

References

  • Kempf, W. W. 1962a. Retoques à classificaça~o das formigas neotropicais do gênero Heteroponera Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (Sa~o Paulo) 15: 29-47 (page 43, figs. 5, 12 worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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