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Hypoponera aprora
| Hypoponera aprora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Hypoponera |
| Species: | H. aprora |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypoponera aprora Bolton & Fisher, 2011
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Only known from a few collections, specimens labels indicate individuals were captured by winkler sampling of leaf litter from primary forest. Nothing else is known about the biology of Hypoponera aprora.
Identification
Bolton and Fisher (2011) - This species is immediately distinguished from all its Afrotropical and West Palaearctic congeners by its lack of the prora on the first gastral sternite, both laterally and anteroventrally. It belongs in the occidentalis complex of the abeillei group, notes on the species of which are given under occidentalis. See also under Hypoponera dis, which appears to be its closest relative.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -5.732599° to -5.732599°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Republic of Tanzania.
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
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Castes
Known only from the type specimens. Workers and a queen have been collected but the queen was not described.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- aprora. Hypoponera aprora Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 26, figs. 4-6 (w.q.) TANZANIA.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
(holotype in parentheses). Measurements: HL 0.51–0.53 (0.51), HW 0.40–0.41 (0.40), HS 0.455–0.470 (0.455), SL 0.34–0.36 (0.34), PrW 0.30–0.32 (0.31), WL 0.65–0.68 (0.66), HFL 0.34–0.35 (0.34), PeNL 0.15–0.16 (0.15), PeH 0.30–0.32 (0.31), PeNW 0.26–0.27 (0.26), PeS 0.240–0.250 (0.240) (8 measured). Indices: CI 77–79 (78), SI 83–88 (85), PeNI 84–87 (84), LPeI 49–53 (49), DPeI 163–173 (173).
Conforming to the general description given for dis but lacking a prora. In aprora, with the first gastral seg-ment in profile, the anterior and lateral surfaces of first gastral sternite meet in a blunt angle; there is no prominent raised proral crest or rim separating the two surfaces below the level of the helcium. Similarly, there is no trans-verse raised margin or lip separating the anterior and ventral surfaces of the first sternite. Full adult colour glossy dark brown to blackish brown.
Type Material
Holotype worker, Tanzania: Tanga Region, Kilindi Forest Reserve, 1015 m., 27-30.viii.2005, CEPF-TZ-3.2-F09, 5.57934S, 37.57971E, primary forest leaf litter, Winkler (P. Hawkes, J. Makwati, R. Mtana) (South African Museum). Paratypes. 7 workers and 1 dealate queen, with same data as holotype (South African Museum, California Academy of Sciences, Afribugs Collection, Barry Bolton Reference Collection).