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Hypoponera blanda
| Hypoponera blanda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Hypoponera |
| Species: | H. blanda |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypoponera blanda Bolton & Fisher, 2011
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Only known from a few specimens, which have all been collected in rainforest.
Identification
A member of the abeillei group. Similar to Hypoponera coeca but averaging smaller and with a distinctly lower, longer petiole node that usually has no ventral process.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Central African Republic and Uganda.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 6.762079° to 1.28°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Central African Republic (type locality), Uganda.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Specimens have been collected from leaf litter and a rotten log. Template:Hypoponera
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- blanda. Hypoponera blanda Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 29, figs. 10-12 (w.q.) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
(holotype in parentheses). Measurements: HL 0.44–0.47 (0.47), HW 0.34–0.37 (0.36), HS 0.395–0.420 (0.415), SL 0.28–0.30 (0.30), PrW 0.26–0.28 (0.26), WL 0.56–0.61 (0.60), HFL 0.27–0.30 (0.28), PeNL 0.14–0.16 (0.16), PeH 0.21–0.24 (0.24), PeNW 0.18–0.20 (0.20), PeS 0.177–0.200 (0.200) (15 measured). Indices: CI 76–79 (77), SI 80–85 (83), PeNI 69–77 (77), LPeI 61–70 (67), DPeI 120–136 (125).
Eyes absent. In full-face view apex of scape, when laid straight back from its insertion, distinctly fails to reach the midpoint of the posterior margin; SL/HL 0.61–0.66. Funiculus with 5 enlarging apical segments. Metanotal groove absent from dorsum of mesosoma or a vestige of its former path may be discernible, but there is never an incised transverse groove that interrupts the surface. Mesonotal-mesopleural suture absent from side of mesosoma. Propodeal declivity separated from sides by blunt angles; without acute raised margins or sharp carinae. Posterior surface of petiole node without short cuticular ridges that radiate from the peduncle. Node of petiole in profile relatively long and low, the anterior and posterior faces converge dorsally so that length of node just above anterior tubercle is noticeably greater than length of dorsum; posterior face usually shallowly convex. Dorsal surface of node is almost flat to shallowly convex in profile and both anterodorsal and posterodorsal angles are blunt and rounded. Sternite of petiole in profile usually evenly shallowly convex, without a differentiated ventral process of any form; in some a minute impression occurs at about the midlength of the sternite and in a few a minute, denticle-like projection is present. Maximum width of first gastral tergite in dorsal view is less than width of second gastral tergite at its midlength. Sides of second gastral tergite shallowly convex in dorsal view. Midline length of second gastral posttergite, from posterior margin of cinctus to apex, is less than the maximum width of the segment. Crossribs at base of cinctus short, fine and very closely packed. Disc of second gastral tergite with crowded, small, superficial punctures so that the surface appears superficially microreticulate at lower magnifications. First and second gastral tergites dorsally pubescent and with a number of short, standing setae that project just above the level of the pubescence. Full adult colour yellow.
Type Material
Holotype. Central African Republic: P.N. Dzanga-Ndoki, 37.9 km. 169° S Lidjombo, 2°22’N, 16°10’E, 360 m., 21.v.2001, CASENT 0417325, 4130(38), sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood) rainforest (B.L. Fisher) (California Academy of Sciences).
Paratypes. 10 workers and 3 queens, with same data as holotype but workers coded 4130(14), 4130(15), 4130(17), 4130(21), 4130(23), 4130(24), 4130(37), 4130(42), 4130(46), 4130(47); queens coded 4130(31), 4130(43), 4130(45) (CASC, Barry Bolton Reference Collection).
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton B. and B. L. Fisher. 2011. Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2843: 1-118
- Bolton, B., and B. L. Fisher. "Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 2843 (2012): 1-118.