Heteroponera imbellis

Identification Keys including this Taxon

 * Key to Australian Heteroponera Species

Distribution
Heterick (2009) - Heteroponera imbellis has a broad distribution on Australia’s east coast. In Western Australia it is most common in the wetter south-west, but there is at least one goldfields record (Kambalda). This species has also been collected in suburban Perth and on Rottnest Island.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Acanthoponera imbellis Emery, 1895g: 346 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Kamerunga (Podenzana).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964b: 447 (l.).
 * Combination in A. (Anacanthoponera): Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 179;
 * combination in Heteroponera: Brown, in Borgmeier, 1957: 112.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 36; Forel, 1915b: 10; Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 179; Clark, 1928c: 39; Clark, 1938: 362; Brown, 1958g: 195, 261; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971b: 1200; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212; Heterick, 2009: 142.
 * Senior synonym of hilare: Brown, 1958g: 196; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212.
 * Senior synonym of nigra: Brown, 1958g: 196; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212.
 * Senior synonym of occidentalis: Brown, 1958g: 196; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212.
 * Senior synonym of scabra: Brown, 1958g: 196; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * hilare. Ectatomma (Acanthoponera) imbellis var. hilare Forel, 1895f: 421 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Mackay (G. Turner).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in Acanthoponera: Emery, 1911d: 36;
 * combination in A. (Anacanthoponera): Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 180.
 * Subspecies of imbellis: Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 180
 * Junior synonym of imbellis: Brown, 1958g: 196; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212.
 * nigra. Acanthoponera nigra Clark, 1930c: 6 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Grampians, Mt William (J. Clark).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Junior synonym of imbellis: Brown, 1958g: 196; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212.
 * occidentalis. Acanthoponera occidentalis Clark, 1926: 47, pl. 6, fig. 3 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a small colony”).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, National Park (J. Clark).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1934d: 140.
 * Junior synonym of imbellis: Brown, 1958g: 196; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212.
 * scabra. Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera) imbellis var. scabra Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 181 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Sydney (A.M. Lea).
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * Junior synonym of imbellis: Brown, 1958g: 196; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Clark J. 1930. New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n.s.)43: 2-25.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.
 * Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.