Hypoponera nippona

Hypoponera nippona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Hypoponera
Species:	H. nippona
Binomial name
Hypoponera nippona (Santschi, 1937) Specimen Labels

Common Name
Higenaga-nise-hari-ari
Language:	Japanese

Hypoponera nippona is monogynous and monodomous. Nests are in soil and it is rather rare. Reproductive alates are attracted to light and fly during late August in Kyoto, Japan (Japanese Ant Image Database).

Identification

Total length of workers averaging slightly less than 2.5 mm. Body color yellow to yellowish brown. Eyes each a single facet, situated well away from posterior margin of clypeus (the distance from clypeus to anterior margin of eyes is more than 5 times the eye diameter). First gastral tergite twice as broad as petiole. Metanotum prominently and deeply constricted. Petiole broad and elliptical in posterior view.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 37.445556° to 29.281°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China, Japan (type locality), Republic of Korea.

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

Flight Period

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Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

 Notes: Japan.

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Life History Traits

• Queen number: monogynous
• Queen type: winged or dealate
• Colony type: monodomous

Nomenclature

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

• nippona. Ponera nippona Santschi, 1937h: 364, figs. 3, 4 (w.) JAPAN. Onoyama, 1989b: 6 (q.m.).
  • Combination in Hypoponera: Ogata, 1987: 123.

References

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• Onoyama, K. 1989b. Notes on the ants of the genus Hypoponera in Japan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edaphologia 41: 1-10 (page 6, queen, male described)
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