Hypoponera mesoponeroides

This species inhabits secondary and primary forests from the lowland to the highland (up to an approximately 1,000 m alt.), and nests in the leaf litter, soil, rotting logs and rotting wood fragments, and under rocks (Van Dang et al., 2018).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Vietnam.

Nomenclature

 * . Brachyponera mesoponeroides Radchenko, 1993a: 81, figs. 6, 7 (w.) VIETNAM.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 8 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Vietnam: Ninh Binh, Cuc-phu’óng, 10.vi.1966, no. 207/66, primary tropical forest, nest in wood stump (R. Bielawski & B. Pisarski); paratypes: 2 workers with same data, 3 workers with same data but no. 199/66, 1 worker with same data but no. 200/66.
 * [Note: 8 paratypes are declared but only 6 are accounted for.]
 * Type-depository: MIZW.
 * Van Dang, Yamane, et al. 2018: 227 (q,).
 * Combination in Pachycondyla: Bolton, 1995b: 307;
 * combination in Brachyponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 80;
 * combination in Hypoponera: Van Dang, Yamane, et al. 2018: 224.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 307; Van Dang, Yamane, et al. 2018: 224 (redescription).
 * Distribution: Vietnam.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Ogata K. 2005. Asian ant inventory and international networks. Report on Insect inventory Project in Tropic Asia TAIIV: 145-170.