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Hypoponera foeda
| Hypoponera foeda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Hypoponera |
| Species: | H. foeda |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypoponera foeda (Forel, 1893)
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| Subspecies | |
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Specimens have been collected under rocks, sod and the bark of rotten logs.
Identification
Forel states this resembles a smaller Hypoponera punctatissima but its eyes only have 5 or 6 facets and it is more densely punctate. Workers have abundant pubescence and their color varies from yellowish to dark brown.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 18.7475° to -28.05055556°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Greater Antilles, Mexico.
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
Regional Notes
St Vincent
The opening text of the source paper (Forel 1893) for the following Hypoponera foeda collection records, by H. H. Smith, states "These notes are given in full, as it is thought that the precise localities in which the species were met with may be of interest to local naturalists."
(41h). October; leeward side. Various localities below 1000 ft.; under sod or stones.
(41i). Leeward side. October. Various localities; under bark of rotten logs.
Castes
Males are unknown.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- foeda. Ponera foeda Forel, 1893: 364 (w.q.) WEST INDIES. Combination in Hypoponera: Kempf, 1972a: 122. Current subspecies: nominal plus saroltae.
Description
Worker
☿. L. 1,9 à 2,7 mill. Forme d'une très petite P. punctatissima. Mais elle se distingue de cette espèce, ainsi que des P. contracta, trigona et de l'espèce suivante par ses yeux distincts, ayant de 5 à 6 facettes, du reste assez inégales. Les mandibules ont 3 ou 4 dents devant et sont indistinctement denticulées derrière. Les scapes n'atteignent pas tout à fait l'occiput. Forme du métanotum, du pédicule et de l'abdomen exactement comme chez la P. punctatissima, mais les côtes de la face déclive du métanotum sont distinctement bordés. L'écaille tient le milieu entre celle de la P. trigona et celle de la P. ergatandria. Epistome faiblement biéchancré.
Subopaque ou presque mate. Bien plus densément ponctuée que la punctatissima, mais moins opaque sur la tête que l'opaciceps. Assez abondamment pubescente; la pubescence est d'un jaune grisâtre. Pilosité dressée extrêmement courte, très éparse, en général oblique. Varie du roux jaunâtre au brun foncé.
Queen
♀. L. 2,5 mill. Comme l'ouvière. Ailes manquent.
References
- Camargo, K.S. de. 2011. Composicao e diversidade de "Poneromorfas" (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) em duas fitofisionomias de cerrado e padroes de distribuicao de "Poneromorfas", Pseudomyrmecinae e Cephalotini (Myrmicinae) para o Brasil. Thesis, Universidade de Brasilia.
- Dash, S.T. 2011. A taxonomic revision of the New World Hypoponera Santschi, 1938 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ph.D. thesis, University of Texas, El Paso.
- Dash, S.T., Mackay, W.P. 2019. Capitulo 18. Genero Hypoponera. Hormigas de Colombia.
- Forel, A. 1893j. Formicides de l'Antille St. Vincent, récoltées par Mons. H. H. Smith. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1893: 333-418 (page 364, worker, queen described)
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 122, Combination in Hypoponera)
- Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 162(2), 59-210 (doi:10.3099/mcz-43.1).
- Varela-Hernández, F., Medel-Zosayas, B., Martínez-Luque, E.O., Jones, R.W., De la Mora, A. 2020. Biodiversity in central Mexico: Assessment of ants in a convergent region. Southwestern Entomologist 454: 673-686.
- Wetterer, J.K. 2021. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of St. Vincent, West Indies. Sociobiology 68, e6725 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v68i2.6725).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Dattilo W. et al. 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944
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- Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
- Favretto M. A., E. Bortolon dos Santos, and C. J. Geuster. 2013. Entomofauna from West of Santa Catarina State, South of Brazil. EntomoBrasilis 6 (1): 42-63.
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- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Lutinski J. A., F. R. Mello Garcia, C. J. Lutinska, and S. Iop. 2008. Ants diversity in Floresta Nacional de Chapecó in Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Ciência Rural, Santa Maria 38(7): 1810-1816.
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- Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133
- Wheeler W. M. 1905. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21: 79-135.
- Wheeler, William Morton. 1911. Additions to the Ant-Fauna of Jamaica. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History. 30:21-29.
- Wheeler, William Morton. 1936. Ants From Hispaniola and Mona Island. Bulletin: Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 80(2):192-211.