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Hypoponera punctatissima

ant

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: ant

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE ?Asia - Australia - Polynesia (? - Cooks, NZ)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, Disturbed forest, horticultural

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest???

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
P

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)
SYNONYMS: Ponera androgyna; Ponera gleadowi [sensu]; Ponera punctatissima schauinslandi

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hymenoptera; Apocrita; Aculeata; Vespoidea; FORMICIDAE, Ponerinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: TaylorDSIR; specimen - Rhode, B.E.; Berry, J.A. 2000. Ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.

References:
Special Reference: W&T67,

Data Update History (information):
zB02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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