Brachyponera nigrita nigritella

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Brachyponera nigrita nigritella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Brachyponera
Species: B. nigrita
Subspecies: B. nigrita nigritella
Trinomial name
Brachyponera nigrita nigritella
(Stärcke, 1930)

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality).

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nigritella. Euponera (Brachyponera) nigrita subsp. nigritella Stärcke, 1930: 379 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Fort de Kock, x.1913 (E. Jacobson).
    • Type-depository: NNML..
    • Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 307;
    • combination in Brachyponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 80.
    • Subspecies of nigrita: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 307.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra).

Description

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