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

 * hilare. Ectatomma (Acanthoponera) imbellis var. hilare Forel, 1895f: 421 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Acanthoponera: Emery, 1911d: 36; in A. (Anacanthoponera): Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 180. Junior synonym of imbellis: Brown, 1958g: 196.
 *  imbellis. Acanthoponera imbellis Emery, 1895g: 346 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964b: 447 (l.). Combination in A. (Anacanthoponera): Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 179; in Heteroponera: Brown, in Borgmeier, 1957: 112. Senior synonym of hilare, nigra, occidentalis, scabra: Brown, 1958g: 196. See also: Brown, 1958g: 261; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971b: 1200.
 * scabra. Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera) imbellis var. scabra Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 181 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of imbellis: Brown, 1958g: 196.
 * occidentalis. Acanthoponera occidentalis Clark, 1926: 47, pl. 6, fig. 3 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of imbellis: Brown, 1958g: 196.
 * nigra. Acanthoponera nigra Clark, 1930c: 6 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of imbellis: Brown, 1958g: 196.

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.