Heteroponera robusta
Heteroponera robusta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Heteroponerini |
Genus: | Heteroponera |
Species: | H. robusta |
Binomial name | |
Heteroponera robusta Kempf, 1962 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -23.517° to -23.532°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- robusta. Heteroponera robusta Kempf, 1962a: 36 (w.q.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 41 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens.
- Type-locality: holotype Brazil: São Paulo, Município de Salesópolis, Estação Biológica de Boracéia, 13.ix.1960 (K. Lenko); paratypes: 30 workers, 1 queen with same data, 1 worker Boracéia, SP, iii.1949 (L. Trevassos), 1 queen same locality (H. Reichardt), 7 workers, 1 queen Alto da Serra, SP, x.1906 (H. Luederwaldt), 3 workers, 1 queen same locality (R. Spitz).
- Type-depositories: DZSP (holotype); DZSP, MZSP (paratypes).
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 117; Bolton, 1995b: 212; Feitosa, 2015c: 98.
- Distribution: Brazil.
Description
References
- Kempf, W. W. 1962a. Retoques à classificaça~o das formigas neotropicais do gênero Heteroponera Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (Sa~o Paulo) 15: 29-47 (page 36, worker, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Kempf W. W. 1962. Retoques à classificação das formigas neotropicais do gênero Heteroponera Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 15: 29-47.
- Kempf W. W. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Scott-Santos, C.P., F.A. Esteves, C.R.F. Brandao. 2008. Catalogue of "Poneromorph" ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 48(11):75-88.
- Silva R.R., and C. R. F. Brandao. 2014. Ecosystem-Wide Morphological Structure of Leaf-Litter Ant Communities along a Tropical Latitudinal Gradient. PLoSONE 9(3): e93049. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093049