Genus Hypoponera Santschi, 1938
- Hypoponera Santschi, F. 1938. Notes sur quelques Ponera Latr. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 43: 78-80 [15 Apr. 1938] [79] [described with subgeneric rank in Ponera Latreille, 1804; raised to genus and redefined in Taylor, R.W. 1967. A monographic revision of the ant genus Ponera Latreille. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 13: 1–112 [30 May 1967]].
Type species:
Ponera abeillei E. André, 1881 by original designation.Secondary source:
Taylor, R.W. 1967. A monographic revision of the ant genus Ponera Latreille. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monographs 13: 1-112 [30 May 1967].
Introduction
Hypoponera is a large (approximately 170 described extant species) cosmopolitan genus of small cryptic ponerines. Most Hypoponera are generalist predators, and some are widespread tramp species. Several are known to have highly unusual reproductive strategies, including the presence of combative ergatoid males. Member of the Hypoponera genus group (Schmidt & Shattuck 2014).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Neotropical, south Nearctic, south Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Malagasy and Oriental Regions; widespread in Australian Region.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
General References
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): 1-242
History of changes
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| 07-Aug-2012 | 30-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
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