Heteroponera brouni (Forel 1892)
In this section
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Ants of New Zealand
- Amblyopone australis
- Austroponera castanea
- Austroponera castaneicolor
- Cardiocondyla minutior
- Chelaner antarcticus
- Chelaner smithii
- Discothyrea antarctica
- Doleromyrma darwiniana
- Fulakora saundersi
- Heteroponera brouni
- Huberia brounii
- Huberia striata
- Hypoponera eduardi
- Hypoponera punctatissima
- Iridomyrmex undescribed
- Linepithema humile
- Mayriella abstinens
- Monomorium antipodum
- Monomorium floricola
- Monomorium pharaonis
- Monomorium sydneyense
- Nylanderia spp
- Ochetellus glaber
- Orectognathus antennatus
- Pheidole megacephala
- Pheidole proxima
- Pheidole rugosula
- Pheidole vigilans
- Ponera leae
- Prolasius advena
- Rhytidoponera chalybaea
- Rhytidoponera metallica
- Strumigenys perplexa
- Strumigenys xenos
- Technomyrmex jocosus
- Tetramorium bicarinatum
- Tetramorium grassii
- References
Classification
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Heteroponera |
Species: | brouni |
Common name(s)
Crypt ants (Andersen 2002)
Synonyms (Valentine & Walker 1991)
Ectatomma (Acanthoponera) brownii Forel, Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera) brouni kirki Wheeler, Acanthoponera brounii (Forel), Acanthoponera brouni (Forel), Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera) brouni (Forel)
General Description
Identification
Species of Heteroponera have a raised median carina on the dorsal surface of the head, running from the clypeus to the occiput. The single node of the petiole has distinct front, top and rear faces.
Diagnostic features of the worker
Length about 3.5 mm; antennae 12-segmented with a 3-segmented club; eyes rather large; petiolar node in the form of a thick, erect scale, truncate at the summit and with a slightly overhanging posterodorsal border; the tip of each hind tibia has a single, comb-like spur; colour brownish-red.
Biology
The biology of H. brouni is poorly known. H. brouni is a native forest dweller, nesting in soil under leaf litter and in rotten logs. Colonies are small (fewer than 200 workers) and seldom seen; workers move sluggishly and feign death when disturbed. The queens, like those of several Heteroponera species, are wingless and worker-like (ergatoid). Workers can be sampled in litter extractions and will forage on sweet jam or honey baits.