Poneracantha lucaris

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Poneracantha lucaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Poneracantha
Species: P. lucaris
Binomial name
Poneracantha lucaris
(Kempf, 1968)

Luederwalt (1926) reports a specimen on a shrub devouring the remains of a beetle.

Identification

A member of the lucaris complex (in the ericae subgroup of the sulcata species group). Close to Gnamptogenys siapensis. Head in frontal view subquadrate, scapes smooth and shining; mandibles denticulate; sculpturing of body striate, lacking propodeal denticle. (Lattke 1995)

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -13.121944° to -27.067°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (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.

  • lucaris. Gnamptogenys lucaris Kempf, 1968b: 379, fig. 5 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Minas Gerais).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 2+ paratype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Santa Catarina, Ibirama (ex-Hamônia), viii.1910 (H. Luederwaldt); paratypes: workers with same data as holotype (number not stated), 1 worker Brazil: São Paulo, Mun. de Iporanga, 1.xi.1961 (Lenko & Reichardt), 1 worker Brazil: Minas Gerais, Varginha, iv.1927 (T. Borgmeier).
    • Type-depositories: MZSP (holotype); DZSP, MZSP (paratypes).
    • Combination in Poneracantha: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
    • Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 209; Lattke, 1995: 174; Lattke, et al. 2007: 262 (in key); Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Camacho, et al. 2020: 460 (in key); Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
    • Distribution: Brazil.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • 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.
  • Kempf W. W. 1968. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. IV. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 11: 369-415.
  • Kempf W. W. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
  • Rosa da Silva R. 1999. Formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) do oeste de Santa Catarina: historico das coletas e lista atualizada das especies do Estado de Santa Catarina. Biotemas 12(2): 75-100.
  • Silva R.R., and C. R. F. Brandao. 2014. Ecosystem-Wide Morphological Structure of Leaf-Litter Ant Communities along a Tropical Latitudinal Gradient. PLoSONE 9(3): e93049. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093049
  • Ulyssea M.A., C. E. Cereto, F. B. Rosumek, R. R. Silva, and B. C. Lopes. 2011. Updated list of ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) recorded in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, with a discussion of research advances and priorities. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 55(4): 603-–611.