Huberia brounii is a species of ant in the genus Huberia, endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Huberia brounii
Huberia brounii worker
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Huberia
Species:
H. brounii
Binomial name
Huberia brounii
Forel, 1895

Taxonomy

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Huberia brounii was described in 1895 by Auguste Forel from a single queen collected in Rotorua.[2]

Etymology

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The species name "brounii" refers to Thomas Broun who collected the holotype.[2]

Distribution and habitat

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Brown, W. L. Jr. (1958). "A review of the ants of New Zealand". Acta Hymenopterologica. 1 (1): 1–50.
  2. ^ a b Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. Vol. 39. Bruxelles: Société entomologique de Belgique. 1895.
  3. ^ 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.
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