Brachyponera jerdonii

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka.

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera jerdonii Forel, 1900d: 327 (w.) INDIA (Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam).
 * Combination in Euponera (Brachyponera): Emery, 1901a: 47;
 * combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 306;
 * combination in Brachyponera: Bingham, 1903: 102; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 80.
 * Status as species: Rothney, 1903: 97; Bingham, 1903: 102; Stärcke, 1930: 372; Emery, 1911d: 84; Donisthorpe, 1943b: 197; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 63, 70 (combinations in Euponera, Ponera, respectively); Radchenko, 1993a: 81; Bolton, 1995b: 306; Tiwari, 1999: 30; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 49.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus glabricollis.

Description
Worker

Bingham (1903): Closely resembling B. luteipes, Mayr, but distinctly smaller and slighter, with the mandibles, antennae and legs of a lighter colour than in that species. Thorax with the pronotum more rounded (in B. luteipes the anterior lateral angles of the pronotum are very distinct), and the head shorter, more square, the eyes very much smaller, and the whole insect more smooth and shining.

Length: 3 - 3.5 mm

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Dad J. M., S. A. Akbar, H. Bharti, and A. A. Wachkoo. 2019. Community structure and ant species diversity across select sites ofWestern Ghats, India. Acta Ecologica Sinica 39: 219–228.
 * Forel A. 1900. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VII. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 303-332.
 * Gumawardene, N.R., J.D. Majer and J.P. Edirisinghe. 2008. Diversity and richness of ant species in a lowland wet forest reserve in Sri Lanka. Asian Myrmecology 2:71-83
 * Gunawardene N. R., J. D. Majer, and J. P. Edirisinghe. 2008. Diversity and richness of ant species in a lowland wet forest reserve in Sri Lanka. Asian Myrmecology 2: 71-83.
 * Radchenko A. G. 1993. Ants from Vietnam in the collection of the Institute of Zoology, PAS, Warsaw. I. Pseudomyrmicinae, Dorylinae, Ponerinae. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 44: 75-82.