Brachyponera lutea

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Castes
Size difference between queens and workers is the highest among all Ponerinae



Nomenclature

 *  lutea. Ponera lutea Mayr, 1862: 721 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Mayr, 1865: 66 (m.); Crawley, 1918: 86 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971b: 1207 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 347 (k.). Combination in Euponera (Brachyponera): Emery, 1901a: 47; in Brachyponera: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971b: 1207; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 307; in Brachyponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 80. Senior synonym of socialis: Emery, 1911d: 84; of clara: Bolton, 1995b: 307. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1933i: 93.
 * socialis. Ectatomma socialis MacLeay, 1873: 369 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of lutea: Emery, 1911d: 84.
 * clara. Euponera (Brachyponera) lutea var. clara Crawley, 1915a: 133 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Brachyponera: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 23. Junior synonym of lutea: Bolton, 1995b: 304.