Genus: Hypoponera
Name Status:
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Subfamily: Ponerinae Genus: Hypoponera
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)
Extant: 148 species, 29 subspecies
Fossil: 1 species
Taxonomic history
| Hypoponera in Ponerinae, Ponerini: Donisthorpe, 1943g: 652; all subsequent authors. |
| Hypoponera as subgenus of Ponera: Santschi, 1938b PDF: 79. |
| Hypoponera as genus: Taylor, 1967a PDF: 9; all subsequent authors. |
Genus Hypoponera references
[References prior to 1967, see under PONERA.]
Taylor, 1967a PDF: 9 (Hypoponera diagnosis, discussion); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 121 (Neotropical catalogue); Alayo, 1974: 7 (Cuba species key); Kutter, 1977c: 24 (Switzerland species key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 524 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Smith, 1979: 1342 (North America catalogue); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 31 (Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 29 (Australia, New Caledonia & New Zealand checklists); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 265 (Balkans species key); Morisita, Kubota, et al. 1989: 25 (Japan species key); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990 PDF: 176 (Turkmenistan species key); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 347 (Neotropical catalogue); Atanasov & Dlussky, 1992: 69 (Bulgaria species key); Bolton, 1994: 164 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1050 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 213 (catalogue); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 40 (China species key); Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 311 (Saudi Arabia species key); Kim, Kim & Kim K, 1998: 148 (Korea species key); Shattuck, 1999: 187 (Australia synopsis); Bolton, 2003 PDF: 162 (synopsis); Terayama, 2009 PDF: 113 (Taiwan species key); Heterick, 2009 PDF: 133 (south-western Australia species key); Bolton & Fisher, 2011 PDF: 17, 23 (Afrotropical and West Palaearctic, all species revision, keys)
Genus Hypoponera references
[References prior to 1967, see under PONERA.]
Taylor, 1967a PDF: 9 (Hypoponera diagnosis, discussion); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 121 (Neotropical catalogue); Alayo, 1974: 7 (Cuba species key); Kutter, 1977c: 24 (Switzerland species key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 524 (former European U.S.S.R. species key); Smith, 1979: 1342 (North America catalogue); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 31 (Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 29 (Australia, New Caledonia & New Zealand checklists); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 265 (Balkans species key); Morisita, Kubota, et al. 1989: 25 (Japan species key); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990 PDF: 176 (Turkmenistan species key); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 347 (Neotropical catalogue); Atanasov & Dlussky, 1992: 69 (Bulgaria species key); Bolton, 1994: 164 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1050 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 213 (catalogue); Wu & Wang, 1995a: 40 (China species key); Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 311 (Saudi Arabia species key); Kim, Kim & Kim K, 1998: 148 (Korea species key); Shattuck, 1999: 187 (Australia synopsis); Bolton, 2003 PDF: 162 (synopsis); Terayama, 2009 PDF: 113 (Taiwan species key); Heterick, 2009 PDF: 133 (south-western Australia species key); Bolton & Fisher, 2011 PDF: 17, 23 (Afrotropical and West Palaearctic, all species revision, keys); Marcus, 1953: 148 (Fiji species key)
Biology:
These are small, cryptic ants, nesting in soil or wood. The workers are predators on small arthropods, but they are seldom seen foraging above ground.Identification:
Worker: frontal lobes contiguous, not separated by a conspicuous posterior extension of the clypeus; eyes reduced or absent; hind tibia with a single spur; petiole attached near lower margin of abdominal segment 3; subpetiolar process a simple lobe, lacking sharp posteroventral teeth or angles.Notes:
This cosmopolitan genus is most common and diverse in the tropics. Four species are known from California, of which two are apparently introduced.References:
Onoyama (1989b); Taylor (1967a); Yamauchi et al. (1996).Taxon Page Author History
268 Species Imaged | View All 466 Species for this genus
Hypoponera aliena
Hypoponera alw01
Hypoponera alw02
Hypoponera alw03
Hypoponera alw04
Hypoponera alw05
Hypoponera alw06
Hypoponera alw08
Hypoponera alw09
Hypoponera alw10
Hypoponera alw11
Hypoponera alw12
Hypoponera alw13
Hypoponera angustata
Hypoponera aprora
Hypoponera argentina
†Hypoponera atavia
Hypoponera austra
Hypoponera bca01
Hypoponera beebei
Hypoponera biroi
Hypoponera blanda
Hypoponera bp06
Hypoponera bp07
Hypoponera bp08
Hypoponera bulawayensis
Hypoponera butteli
Hypoponera ca01
Hypoponera camerunensis
Hypoponera coeca
Hypoponera comis
Hypoponera confinis
Hypoponera convexiuscula
Hypoponera defessa
Hypoponera dema
Hypoponera dis
Hypoponera distinguenda
Hypoponera dr01
Hypoponera dr02
Hypoponera drm01
Hypoponera drq05
Hypoponera dulcis
Hypoponera eduardi
Hypoponera elliptica
Hypoponera eutrepta
Hypoponera exigua
Hypoponera exoecata
Hypoponera faex
Hypoponera fatiga
Hypoponera fj16
Hypoponera foeda
Hypoponera foreli
Hypoponera grandidieri
Hypoponera hawkesi
Hypoponera hebes
Hypoponera hi01
Hypoponera ignavia
Hypoponera iheringi
Hypoponera importuna
Hypoponera inaudax
Hypoponera indet
Hypoponera indigens
Hypoponera indigens bellicosa
Hypoponera inexorata
Hypoponera jeanneli
Hypoponera johannae
Hypoponera km03
Hypoponera lassa
Hypoponera lepida
Hypoponera ludovicae
Hypoponera mackayensis
Hypoponera madecassa
Hypoponera meridia
Hypoponera meridia_cf
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Hypoponera mg57
Hypoponera mixta
Hypoponera molesta
Hypoponera monticola
Hypoponera mu03
Hypoponera natalensis
Hypoponera nc-a
Hypoponera nc-b
Hypoponera nc-d
Hypoponera nc-e
Hypoponera nc-f
Hypoponera nc-g
Hypoponera nc-h
Hypoponera nitidula
Hypoponera nivariana
Hypoponera obtunsa
Hypoponera occidentalis
Hypoponera odiosa
Hypoponera opaciceps
Hypoponera opacior
Hypoponera orba
Hypoponera pallidula
Hypoponera papuana
Hypoponera parva
Hypoponera perparva
Hypoponera poe-a
Hypoponera poe-b
Hypoponera poe-c
Hypoponera producta
Hypoponera pruinosa
Hypoponera pruinosa_cf1
Hypoponera pruinosa_cf2
Hypoponera pruinosa_cf3
Hypoponera punctatissima
Hypoponera punctatissima indifferens
Hypoponera punctiventris
Hypoponera punctiventris_cf
Hypoponera quaestio
Hypoponera queenslandensis
Hypoponera ragusai
Hypoponera regis
Hypoponera reichenspergeri
Hypoponera sa01
Hypoponera sa02
Hypoponera sa03
Hypoponera sabronae
Hypoponera sabronae_cf
Hypoponera sakalava
Hypoponera sakalava excelsior
Hypoponera sc01
Hypoponera sc02
Hypoponera sc03
Hypoponera schmalzi
Hypoponera segnis
Hypoponera silvestrii
Hypoponera sororcula
Hypoponera sororcula_cf
Hypoponera spei
Hypoponera spei_cf
Hypoponera sulcatinasis
Hypoponera surda
Hypoponera tecta
Hypoponera tenella
Hypoponera transvaalensis
Hypoponera trigona
Hypoponera tristis
Hypoponera truncata
Hypoponera turaga
Hypoponera tz02
Hypoponera ve01
Hypoponera ve02
Hypoponera venusta
Hypoponera vitiensis
Hypoponera yt01
Hypoponera za01
Hypoponera za02
Hypoponera zwaluwenburgi
