Huberia brounii is a species of ant in the genus Huberia, endemic to New Zealand.[1]
| Huberia brounii | |
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| Huberia brounii worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Huberia |
| Species: | H. brounii
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| Binomial name | |
| Huberia brounii Forel, 1895
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Taxonomy edit
Huberia brounii was described in 1895 by Auguste Forel from a single queen collected in Rotorua.[2]
Etymology edit
The species name "brounii" refers to Thomas Broun who collected the holotype.[2]
Distribution and habitat edit
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 edit
- Huberia striata, the single other species of the genus
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
Media related to Huberia brounii at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Huberia brounii at Wikispecies
