Hypoponera menozzii

Hypoponera menozzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Hypoponera
Species:	H. menozzii
Binomial name
Hypoponera menozzii (Santschi, 1932)
Synonyms
Ponera longiceps Menozzi, 1931

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Costa Rica (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.

• longiceps. Ponera longiceps Menozzi, 1931b: 262, fig. 2 (w.) COSTA RICA. [Junior primary homonym of longiceps Forel, above.] Replacement name: menozzii Santschi, 1932e: 412.
• menozzii. Ponera menozzii Santschi, 1932e: 412. Replacement name for longiceps Menozzi, 1931b: 262. [Junior primary homonym of longiceps Forel, 1913k: 13.] Combination in Hypoponera: Kempf, 1972a: 123.

References

• Dash, S.T. 2011. A taxonomic revision of the New World Hypoponera Santschi, 1938 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ph.D. thesis, University of Texas, El Paso.
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 123, Combination in Hypoponera)
• Menozzi, C. 1931b. Contribuzione alla conoscenza del "microgenton" di Costa Rica. III. Hymenoptera - Formicidae. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 25: 259-274 (page 262, Replacement name for longiceps)
• Santschi, F. 1932g. Quelques fourmis inédites de l'Amérique centrale et Cuba. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 2: 410-414 (page 412, Replacement name for longiceps)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• 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.
• Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.