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Hypoponera confinis epinotalis, Hypoponera confinis javana, Hypoponera confinis singaporensis

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Asia: Indonesia, Sri Lanka
    Oceania: Fiji, Micronesia, Palau, Samoa
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Indomalaya, Oceania

Distribution Notes:

India, Sri Lanka, Samoa

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 4 times found in primary rainforest, 1 times found in farm, 1 times found in old growth beginning of zone UP2H; Camponotus maculates-group nest same stick in trail, as T. albipes nest, lots of T. albipes, 1 times found in secondary forest.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times foraging in log, 1 times in log, 1 times sifted leaf litter, 1 times 1 square meter of sifted leaf litter, 1 times under bark of rotten branch, 1 times sifted litter, 1 times rotting wood, 1 times old growth beginning of zone UP2H; Camponotus maculates-group nest same stick in trail, as T. albipes nest, lots of T. albipes, 1 times from bird's nest fern.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 2 times H, 1 times winkler, 2 times Davis sifting>hand collected|aspirator, 1 times hand collected, 1 times Plot-2, 1 times Berlese extract, 1 times hand, 1 times L.

Elevations: collected from 70 - 420 meters, 286 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1916-10-01 and 2015-04-19

Type specimens: syntype of Ponera convexiuscula nautarum: casent0915191; syntype of Ponera trigona convexiuscula nautarum: casent0902565

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