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

 *  mesoponeroides. Brachyponera mesoponeroides Radchenko, 1993a: 81, figs. 6, 7 (w.) VIETNAM.
 * Combination in Pachycondyla: Bolton, 1995b: 307.
 * Combination in Brachyponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 80.
 * Combination in Hypoponera: Van Dang et al., 2018: 224.

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.