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Hypoponera opaciceps
(Formicidae)

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Identification

Key to ant species in Hawaii
13 physical characteristics are the basis of this computer-assisted key for identifying the 48 species of ants in Hawaii.

AntWeb field guide to the ant species of Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Images of 20 of the ant species of Hawaii help to identify the species.

Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Hypoponera opaciceps
Nomenclatural information about Hypoponera opaciceps is provided by ITIS.

Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr, 1887) taxonomic information from ITIS
ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, lists taxonomic data for Hypoponera opaciceps and allows searches of other databases.

Discussion forums

Pacific Ant Group e-mail list (PAG-L@HAWAII.EDU)
The Pacific Ant Group discussion forum facilitates communication toward preventing establishment of Red Imported fire ant and other invasive ants on Pacific islands.

Prevention

Change in Quarantine Action Policy for Ants Intercepted from Commodities Destined to the State of Hawaii
A policy change regarding quarantine action for ants intercepted from commodities in Hawaii is detailed here. The revised policy went into effect 10 April 2002.

Images

Hypoponera opaciceps information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands  new posting 
Information about Hypoponera opaciceps in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Hypoponera opaciceps images from AntWeb
Detailed images of Hypoponera opaciceps specimens can be compared with tools from from AntWeb on this page.

Hypoponera opaciceps images from Discover Life
High quality images of Hypoponera opaciceps and information on this species are parsed from various sources including Evergreen State College.

Ants in Hawaii images
Images of many ant species found in Hawaii are on this page of photos taken by Neil Reimer, Hawaii State Department of Agriculture.

Distribution

Hypoponera opaciceps information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands  new posting 
Information about Hypoponera opaciceps in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Mauna Kea Ant Survey
Ant colonies of Mauna Kea, there distribution, spread, impact, and potential control methods are the subject of the study outlined on this page.

Ants from Moorea, Society Islands (American Museum of Natural History, 1908)
In 1906-1907, 13 ant species were collected for the American Museum on the island of Moorea (Eimeo), near Tahiti. Some of the species are listed by outdated names.

Status and distribution of ants in the Crater District of Haleakala National Park (abstract)
Possible impacts of three species of ants on endemic flightless insects in the Haleakala Park area are discussed (Pacific Science, 1982).

Ants of Tonga (abstract) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Tonga has 53 species of ants, based on this review of published and new records (Pacific Science, 2002).

Global distribution map for Hypoponera opaciceps
The distribution of Hypoponera opaciceps is plotted on a global map with links to collection data from the Florida Atlantic University database.

Checklist of the ants of Fiji (Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 2006). View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
This checklist of the ants of Fiji includes 138 currently valid species and subspecies: 91 Fijian endemics, 22 wide-ranging Pacific natives, and 25 exotics.

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