Brachyponera croceicornis

Brachyponera croceicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Brachyponera
Species:	B. croceicornis
Binomial name
Brachyponera croceicornis (Emery, 1900) Specimen labels
Synonyms
Euponera luteipes inops Forel, 1910 Ponera bicolor Donisthorpe, 1949

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Australian Brachyponera species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -3.089444444° to -17.68°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality), Philippines, Solomon Islands.

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.

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.

Castes

Worker

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• croceicornis. Euponera (Brachyponera) luteipes var. croceicornis Emery, 1900c: 315 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
  • Type-material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
  • [Note:Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 135, cites 1w syntype NHMB.]
  • Type-locality: Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): (no further data) (L. Biró).
  • Type-depositories: HNHM, MSNG, NHMB.
  • [Misspelled as croceiventris by Viehmeyer, 1914c: 515.]
  • Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 304;
  • combination in Brachyponera: Wilson, 1958d: 347; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 80.
  • Subspecies of luteipes: Emery, 1911d: 84; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 515; Mann, 1919: 291; Donisthorpe, 1948b: 301; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 64.
  • Status as species: Wilson, 1958d: 347; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 23; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 304; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 73.
  • Senior synonym of bicolor: Wilson, 1958d: 347; Bolton, 1995b: 304.
  • Senior synonym of inops: Wilson, 1958d: 347; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 304.
  • Distribution: Australia, Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is.
• bicolor. Ponera bicolor Donisthorpe, 1949b: 492 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
  • Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Maffin Bay, 22.vi.1944 (E.S. Ross).
  • Type-depository: CASC.
  • [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Ponera bicolor Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 424 (Bolton, 1995b: 303).]
  • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 68.
  • Junior synonym of croceicornis: Wilson, 1958d: 347; Bolton, 1995b: 303.
• inops. Euponera (Brachyponera) luteipes subsp. inops Forel, 1910b: 17 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Kuranda, nr Cairns (R. Turner).
  • Type-depositories: MHNG, MSNG.
  • Subspecies of luteipes: Emery, 1911d: 84.
  • Junior synonym of croceicornis: Wilson, 1958d: 347; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 306.

Type Material

• Euponera (Brachyponera) luteipes croceicornis Emery, 1900: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), New Guinea, museum unknown (prob. MCSN (Genoa) or HNHM (Budapest)).
• Euponera (Brachyponera) luteipes inops Forel, 1910: Syntype, worker(s), Kuranda near Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.

References

• Boudinot, B.E., Richter, A., Katzke, J., Chaul, J.C.M., Keller, R.A., Economo, E.P., Beutel, R.G., Yamamoto, S. 2022. Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †Gerontoformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society XX:1-35 (doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab097/6523228).
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 304, Combination in Pachycondyla)
• Emery, C. 1900b. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetr. Füz. 23: 310-338 (page 315, worker, queen described)
• Esteves, F.A., Fisher, B.L. 2021. Corrieopone nouragues gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Ponerinae from French Guiana (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1074, 83–173 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1074.75551).
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• Wilson, E. O. 1958g. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 303-371 (page 347, Combination in Brachyponera, Raised to species, and senior synonym of bicolor and inops)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• CSIRO Collection
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