Hypoponera punctatissima

Hypoponera punctatissima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Hypoponera
Species:	H. punctatissima
Binomial name
Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)

Hypoponera punctatissima, or Roger's ant, is a species of Ponerine ant native to Africa but now found worldwide as a tramp species.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Hypoponera punctatissima:

• Hypoponera punctatissima indifferens (Forel, 1895)^i c g
• Hypoponera punctatissima jugata (Forel, 1892)^i c g
• Hypoponera punctatissima punctatissima (Roger, 1859)^i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Hypoponera punctatissima Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
2. "Hypoponera punctatissima species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
3. "Hypoponera punctatissima". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
4. "Hypoponera punctatissima Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
5. "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
6. Economo, Evan; Guénard, Benoit. "antmaps.org Hypoponera punctatissima". antmaps.org. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

Further reading

• Bolton, B. (2016). "Catalogue of the Ants of the World" (PDF). unpublished communication. Retrieved 2019-07-02.