This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Chen, Chao, Yu, Yu, Yi, Chuanhui (2025): Revision of the Chinese species of the genus Brachyponera Emery, 1900 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with a key to the world species of the genus. ZooKeys 1230: 247-286, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1230.140159

Abstract

The species of the ant genus Brachyponera Emery, 1900 are reviewed based on the morphological characters of the worker caste. Brachyponera tianzun (Terayama, 2009) is transferred to Euponera as Euponera tianzun (Terayama, 2009), comb. nov. Four new species, B. paraarcuata sp. nov., B. xui sp. nov., B. candida sp. nov., and B. myops sp. nov., are described from China based on the worker caste. Phylogenetic trees were constructed for eight known and four new species, and genetic distances were calculated. High-resolution images of B. batak (Yamane, 2007), B. flavipes (Yamane, 2007), B. nakasujii (Yashiro et al., 2010), B. pilidorsalis (Yamane, 2007), B. wallacea (Yamane, 2007), and B. brevidorsa Xu, 1994 are provided. Keys are provided to both the eight species groups and 23 known species of the world based on the worker caste.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/933cfd72-11f2-4b5d-9bbf-4f62a5fc5ee6
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/3CFF48B10FF3599592B0A4774C8DD74D
Citation: Chen C, Yu Y, Yi C, pensoft (2025). Revision of the Chinese species of the genus Brachyponera Emery, 1900 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with a key to the world species of the genus. ZooKeys. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/kp9khh accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.