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Hypoponera petiolata
This taxon is considered species inquirenda by Bolton and Fisher, 2011.
| Hypoponera petiolata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Hypoponera |
| Species: | H. petiolata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypoponera petiolata (Bernard, 1953)
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Guinea (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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Biology
Castes
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| Syntype of Ponera petiolata. Worker. Specimen code casent0915489. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MNHN, Paris, France. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- petiolata. Ponera petiolata Bernard, 1953b: 203, fig. 3 (w.) GUINEA. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 216. Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Hypoponera: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 112.
Description
References
- Bernard, F. 1953b [1952]. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire 19: 165-270 (page 203, fig. 3 worker described)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 216, Combination in Hypoponera)