Hypoponera silvestrii

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Hypoponera silvestrii
Hypoponera silvestrii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Hypoponera
Species: H. silvestrii
Binomial name
Hypoponera silvestrii
(Donisthorpe, 1947)

Hypoponera silvestrii side view

Hypoponera silvestrii top view

Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 21.71666667° to 21.71666667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Vietnam (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • silvestrii. Ponera silvestrii Donisthorpe, 1947a: 284 (w.q.) VIETNAM. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 216.

Type Material

Description

References

  • 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)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1947a [1946]. New species of ants from China and Mauritius. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(13): 283-286 (page 284, worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Donisthorpe H. 1947. New species of ants from China and Mauritius. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)13: 283-286.