family

FORMICIDAE

subfamily

Ponerinae

genus

Hypoponera

ITIS
 

Hypoponera opaciceps

Hymenoptera On-Line
 

Hypoponera opaciceps

FORMIS
 

Hypoponera opaciceps



species

Hypoponera opaciceps
Japanese Name

Kadofushi-nise-hari-ari
Original Reference

Mayr, G. (1887) SŸdamerikanische Formiciden. Verhandlungen der k.k. Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37: 511-632.
Synonym

Ponera opaciceps Mayr, 1887, Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr): Taylor, 1967, Ponera perkinsi Forel, 1899, Ponera andrei Emery, 1900
Description

Total length of workers around 3 mm. Body color dark brown to blackish brown. Eyes each of 4 or 5 facets, situated near posterior margin of clypeus (the distance from the posterior margin of clypeus to the anterior margin of eyes is twice the eye diameter). Suture between mesonotum and mesopleuron shallow and indistinct, obscured by pubescence. Lateral borders of propodeal declivity angulate. Petiole twice as broad as long. Subpetiolar process trapezoidal.
Remarks

Very similar to H. nubatama, distinguished by larger size and the petiole not being so narrowed above. Winged and apterous forms occur in both queens and males. A rare species.
Distribution

Amami-oshima I., Iwo-torishima I., Okinawa I., Hateruma I.; Taiwan, Philippines, New Caledonia, Polynesia, Brazil.
References

  • SŸdamerikanische Formiciden. Verhandlungen der k.k. Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37: 511-632.
  • Taylor, R. W. (1967). A monographic revision of the ant genus Ponera Latreille. . Pac. Ins. Mon., 13, 1-112.
  • Forel, A. 1899a. Fauna Hawaiiensis, or the Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles. Hym. Aculeate, 1: 115-122.
  • Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici, quas in Nova- Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Bir—. Publicatio secunda. TermŽszetrajzi FŸzetek 23: 310-338.

Editor

Original text by Keiichi Onoyama and Mamoru Terayama. Revised by Masashi Yoshimura. English translation by Keiichi Onoyama, edited by Robert W. Taylor.