Species Stictoponera biroi Emery, 1902
- Stictoponera biroi Emery, C. 1902. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici, quas in Nova-Guinea, Coloniain Germanica, collegit L. Biró. Természetrajzi Füzetek 25: 152-160 [154].
Type data:
Holotype worker (probably MCG or MNH), Sattleburg, New Guinea.
Generic Combinations
- Gnamptogenys biroi (Emery, 1902). —
Brown, W.L. jr 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 118: 173-362
Introduction
Stictoponera biroi was previously transferred to the genus Gnamptogenys, with Stictoponera considered a synonym of Gnamptogenys. However, subsequent phylogenomic analyses led Camacho et al. (2022) to resurrect Stictoponera, and restore S. biroi to its original generic designation.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Also in Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, noctidiurnal, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in ground layer.
General References
Camacho, G.P., Franco, W., Branstetter, M.G., Pie, M.R., Longino, J.T., Schultz, T.R. & Feitosa, R.M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(1): 5; 1-20
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 20-May-2023 | FORMICIDAE Latreille, 1809 | 09-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 21-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 29-May-2010 | ADDED | ||
| 25-May-2010 | MODIFIED |