Hypoponera mesoponeroides

Hypoponera mesoponeroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Hypoponera
Species:	H. mesoponeroides
Binomial name
Hypoponera mesoponeroides (Radchenko, 1993)

This species inhabits secondary and primary forests from the lowland to the highland (up to an approximately 1,000 m alt.), and nests in the leaf litter, soil, rotting logs and rotting wood fragments, and under rocks (Van Dang et al., 2018).

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 22.49389° to 20.29472°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Vietnam (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.

Nomenclature

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

• mesoponeroides. Brachyponera mesoponeroides Radchenko, 1993a: 81, figs. 6, 7 (w.) VIETNAM.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 8 paratype workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Vietnam: Ninh Binh, Cuc-phu’óng, 10.vi.1966, no. 207/66, primary tropical forest, nest in wood stump (R. Bielawski & B. Pisarski); paratypes: 2 workers with same data, 3 workers with same data but no. 199/66, 1 worker with same data but no. 200/66.
  • [Note: 8 paratypes are declared but only 6 are accounted for.]
  • Type-depository: MIZW.
  • Van Dang, Yamane, et al. 2018: 227 (q,).
  • Combination in Pachycondyla: Bolton, 1995b: 307;
  • combination in Brachyponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 80;
  • combination in Hypoponera: Van Dang, Yamane, et al. 2018: 224.
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 307; Van Dang, Yamane, et al. 2018: 224 (redescription).
  • Distribution: Vietnam.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 307, Combination in Pachycondyla)
• 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).
• Radchenko, A. G. 1993a. Ants from Vietnam in the collection of the Institute of Zoology, PAS, Warsaw. I. Pseudomyrmicinae [sic], Dorylinae, Ponerinae. Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 44: 75-82 (page 81, figs. 6, 7 worker described)
• Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).
• Van Dang, A., Yamane, S., Nguyen, D.A., Eguchi, K. 2018. New combination and redescription of Brachyponera mesoponeroides Radchenko, 1993 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 125(2): 221-229 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.1414203).
• Yamane, S., Tanaka, H.O., Hasimoto, Y., Ohashi, M., Meleng, P., Itioka, T. 2021. A list of ants from Lambir Hills National Park and its vicinity, with their biological information: Part II. Subfamilies Leptanillinae, Proceratiinae, Amblyoponinae, Ponerinae, Dorylinae, Dolichoderinae, Ectatomminae and Formicinae. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University 31, 87–157.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Ogata K. 2005. Asian ant inventory and international networks. Report on Insect inventory Project in Tropic Asia TAIIV: 145-170.