Mesoponera melanaria macra

Mesoponera melanaria macra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Mesoponera
Species:	M. melanaria
Subspecies:	M. melanaria macra
Trinomial name
Mesoponera melanaria macra (Emery, 1894)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Seychelles (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.

• macra. Ponera melanaria var. macra Emery, 1894a: 68 (w.) SEYCHELLES IS (Mahé I.).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Seychelles: Mahé I. (Ch. Alluaud).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1901a: 46;
  • combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 307;
  • combination in Mesoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 111.
  • Subspecies of melanaria: Forel, 1907d: 93; Emery, 1911d: 81; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1009; Bolton, 1995b: 307; Dorow, 1996a: 75.
  • Distribution: Seychelles.

References

• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 307, Combination in Pachycondyla)
• Emery, C. 1894b. Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud aux îles Séchelles (mars, avril, mai 1892). 2e mémoire. Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 63: 67-72 (page 68, worker described)
• Emery, C. 1901b. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 32-54 (page 46, Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera))
• Esteves, F.A., Fisher, B.L. 2021. Corrieopone nouragues gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Ponerinae from French Guiana (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1074, 83–173 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1074.75551).
• Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).