Brachyponera jerdonii

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Brachyponera jerdonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Brachyponera
Species: B. jerdonii
Binomial name
Brachyponera jerdonii
(Forel, 1900)

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Specimen Labels

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Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.6528° to 6.406°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India (type locality), Sri Lanka.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Ponera jerdoniiWorker. Specimen code casent0907282. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • jerdonii. 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

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.