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Species: Hypoponera eduardi   (Forel, 1894) 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Ponera eduardi Forel, 1894d PDF: 15 (w., ergatoid q.) ALGERIA. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Emery, 1895n: 61 (q.m.); Forel, 1904g PDF: 421 (ergatoid m.); Emery, 1909: 373 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1990a PDF: 458 (l.).
Combination in Hypoponera: Taylor, 1967a PDF: 12.
Subspecies of Hypoponera confinis: Emery, 1895n: 64.
Revived status as species: Forel, 1904g PDF: 421.
Senior synonym of Hypoponera antipodum: Brown, 1958h PDF: 23; of Hypoponera chilensis, Hypoponera dideroti: Bolton & Fisher, 2011 PDF: 47.
See also: Emery, 1916a PDF: 109; Wheeler, 1937c PDF: 59; Brown, 1958h PDF: 24; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 15; Kutter, 1977c: 27; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 70.

Taxon Page Images:

Hypoponera eduardi with mite on gaster. Welgemoed, Cape Town, South Africa. Photo and collection by Philip Herbst

Distribution:

(based on species list records)   Species is introduced to: Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oceania bioregions.

Afrotropical Region: Africa, Cabo Verde, Eastern Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa, Western Cape
Australasia Region: Australia, Australia and New Zealand, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Oceania, Western Australia
Malagasy Region: Comoros, Mauritius, Mohéli, Reunion, Seychelles
Neotropical Region: Americas, Chile, South America, Valparaíso
Oceania Region: Melanesia
Palearctic Region: Algeria, Alicante, Balearic Islands, Crete, Croatia, Emilia-Romagna, Europe, France, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy, Liguria, Macaronesia, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Northern Africa, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Southern Europe, Spain, Switzerland, Toscana, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Western Europe

Distribution Notes:

Azores Islands, Canarian Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Spain, South France, Italy, Switzerland, former Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Crimea, Caucasus

Biology:

various habitats

Notes:

first record in NZ; 1895 (Brown 1958)

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Hypoponera eduardi   Espadaler, X., 2007, The ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands)., Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions., Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 80, pp. 113-127: 117, (download) 117 21278
Hypoponera eduardi   Bolton, B. & Fisher, B. L., 2011, Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 2843, pp. 1-118: 47-49, (download) 47-49 23490

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 10 times found in coastal scrub, 5 times found in open Philippia thicket on rock, 6 times found in rainforest, 11 times found in forest, 6 times found in montane rainforest, 2 times found in tropical dry forest, 5 times found in littoral forest, 4 times found in roadside, 7 times found in non native forest, 3 times found in native forest, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 14 times sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), 18 times Under stone, 11 times ex rotten log, 7 times ground forager(s), 4 times ex rotten stick on ground, 2 times under rotten log, 2 times under coconut, 3 times under rootmat, litter on rock, 1 times litter, 1 times Foraging under leaves, 1 times Foraging, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times 2 Maxi Winks, 2 times 4 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 3 times 9 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 7 times Hand, 1 times 3 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 1 times MW sample transect, 1 times MW 25 sample transect, 5m, 1 times 2 Maxi Wink, 0 times search, 1 times 6 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 1 times 9 MaxiWinks.mixed samples, ...

Elevations: collected from 1 - 1965 meters, 504 meters average

Type specimens: syntype of Ponera antipodum: casent0907299, casent0907300; syntype of Ponera dideroti: casent0907309; syntype of Ponera eduardi: casent0915868; syntype of Ponera opaciceps chilensis: casent0907331



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