Huberia brounii
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Huberia brounii worker | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Family: | Formicidae
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Species: | H. brounii
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Huberia brounii Forel, 1895
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Huberia brounii is a species of ant in the genus Huberia, endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy[]
Huberia brounii was described in 1895 by Auguste Forel from a single queen collected in Rotorua.[2]
Etymology[]
The species name "brounii" refers to Thomas Broun who collected the holotype.[2]
Distribution and habitat[]
Huberia brounii is endemic to New Zealand. The species is widespread throughout both the North Island and the South Island in native forests. Like Huberia striata, it likely has a preference for Nothofagus dominated forests.[3]
See also[]
- Huberia striata, the single other species of the genus
References[]
- ^ Brown, W. L. Jr. (1958). "A review of the ants of New Zealand". Acta Hymenopterologica. 1 (1): 1–50.
- ^ a b Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. Vol. 39. Bruxelles: Société entomologique de Belgique. 1895.
- ^ Don, Warwick (2007). Ants of New Zealand. Dunedin, N.Z.: University of Otago Press in association with the Otago Museum. ISBN 978-1-877372-47-6. OCLC 166384217.
External links[]
- Media related to Huberia brounii at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Huberia brounii at Wikispecies
Categories:
- Myrmicinae
- Ants of New Zealand
- Insects described in 1895
- Endemic fauna of New Zealand
- Hymenoptera of New Zealand
- Myrmicinae stubs