Euponera brunoi

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Euponera brunoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Euponera
Species: E. brunoi
Binomial name
Euponera brunoi
(Forel, 1913)

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Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.557986° to -33.12616°.

   
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Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun, Central African Republic, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe (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

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Nomenclature

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

  • brunoi. Pachycondyla (Ectomomyrmex) brunoi Forel, 1913j: 205 (w.) ZIMBABWE. Arnold, 1915: 54 (m.); Arnold, 1926: 201 (q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971b: 1207 (l.). Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 774; in Trachymesopus: Brown, 1963: 8; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 303; in Euponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 86. Senior synonym of bayoni, dentis, katangana, lamottei, nigeriensis: Brown, 1963: 8.
  • nigeriensis. Euponera (Trachymesopus) nigeriensis Santschi, 1914d: 316 (w.) NIGERIA. Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Santschi, 1933b: 96. Junior synonym of brunoi: Brown, 1963: 8.
  • bayoni. Euponera (Trachymesopus) bayoni Menozzi, 1933a: 97 (w.) UGANDA. Junior synonym of brunoi: Brown, 1963: 8.
  • katangana. Ectomomyrmex nigeriensis var. katangana Santschi, 1933b: 96 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Junior synonym of brunoi: Brown, 1963: 8.
  • dentis. Euponera (Mesoponera) dentis Weber, 1942a: 43, fig. 9 (q.) SUDAN. Junior synonym of brunoi: Brown, 1963: 8.
  • lamottei. Euponera (Trachymesopus) lamottei Bernard, 1953b: 195, fig. 2 (q.) GUINEA. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of lamottei, above.] Junior synonym of brunoi: Brown, 1963: 8.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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