Holcoponera auricula

Holcoponera auricula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Holcoponera
Species:	H. auricula
Binomial name
Holcoponera auricula (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2008)

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to New World Gnamptogenys workers

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Panama (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.

• auricula. Gnamptogenys auricula Mackay & Mackay, in Lattke, et al. 2008: 80, fig. 63 (w.) PANAMA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 14 paratype workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Panama: Cero Campana, 900 m., 5.vi.1995 (R. Anderson); paratypes with same data.
  • [Note: specimens of type-series with sample nos 17753, 17835, 17837, 17840, 17845; the number applicable to the holotype is not separately cited.]
  • Type-depositories: MCZC (holotype); CASC, IAVH, LACM, MCZC, MIZA, MZSP, USNM, WEMC (paratypes).
  • Combination in Holcoponera: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
  • Status as species: Camacho, et al. 2020: 454 (in key); Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
  • Distribution: Colombia, Panama.

Description

Lattke et al. 2008, page 80.

Lattke et al. 2008, page 80.

Lattke et al. 2008, page 80.

Lattke et al. 2008, page 80.

References

• Camacho, G.P., Franco, W., Branstetter, M.G., Pie, M.R., Longino, J.T., Schultz, T.R., Feitosa, R.M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among Ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(1): 5; 1–20 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixab026).
• Lattke, J.E., Fernández, F., Arias-Penna, T.M., Palacio, E.E., Mackay, W. & Mackay, E. 2008. Género Gnamptogenys Roger (pp. 66-100). In Jíminez, E., Fernández, F., Arias, T.M. & Lozano-Zambrano, F.H. (eds.) Sistematica, biogeografia y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia: 609 pp. Instituto Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Arias-Penna T. M. 2008. Subfamilia Ectatomminae. Pp. 53-107 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 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.
• Lattke J. E., F. Fernández, T. M. Arias-Penna, E. E. Palacio, W. Mackay, and E. MacKay. 2008. Género Gnamptogenys Roger. Pp. 66-100 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.