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Huberia brounii
| Huberia brounii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Huberia |
| Species: | H. brounii |
| Binomial name | |
| Huberia brounii Forel, 1895
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Brown (1958) - This interesting little species resembles in its general habitus (though not in its large, convex eyes) the species of Stenamma found in the woodlands of the Northern Hemisphere. Like Stenamma, H. brouni forms small colonies, usually in the leaf litter of woodland areas. It is apparently rather widely distributed in both North and South Islands; I have records from Nelson and from Westland, as well as several for various parts of the North Island. It would be interesting to know whether H. brouni feeds, like its northern analogues in the genus Stenamma, on small arthropods in the soil cover.
Identification
Brown (1958) - Worker 3.2-3.5 in outstretched length; size and appearance rather constant in the series I have seen. Color rusty brown to deep, brown, with lighter, more yellowish legs, antennae and mandibles. The head is sharply and closely longitudinally, the alitrunk transversely, rugulose-striate; gaster largely smooth and shining, but striolate at extreme base. Mandibles closely striate. Mandibles short, triangular, with serially dentate masticatory margin. The female is larger than the worker, with more bulky alitrunk (wing-bearing in virgin females) and gaster. I have seen no males certainly referable to this species.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -38.4° to -41.283°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Zealand (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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- brounii. Huberia brounii Forel, 1895a: 41 (w.) NEW ZEALAND.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: New Zealand: Rotorua (Broun).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Misspelled as braumi by Forel, 1905a: 354.]
- Status as species: Forel, 1905a: 354; Emery, 1922e: 165; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 23; Brown, 1958h: 27; Ettershank, 1966: 157; Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 103; Taylor, 1987a: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 212; Don, 2007: 88.
- Distribution: New Zealand.
- hinemoa. Huberia striata var. hinemoa Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 23. Nomen nudum.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Type Material
Brown (1958) - Worker. Rotorua, New Zealand. Type presumably in Forel Coll., Geneva (not seen).
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958h. A review of the ants of New Zealand. Acta Hymenopterol. 1: 1-50 (page 27, see also)
- Forel, A. 1895a. Nouvelles fourmis de diverses provenances, surtout d'Australie. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 39: 41-49 (page 41, worker described)
- Jansen, G., Savolainen, R. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of the ant tribe Myrmicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160(3), 482–495 (doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00604.x).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- 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)
- Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
- Forel A. 1895. Nouvelles fourmis de diverses provenances, surtout d'Australie. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 39: 41-49.
- 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: 195-204
- Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
- Wheeler WM. 1927. Ants of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 62.4: 120-153.
- 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.