Hypoponera abeillei (André)

  Type location Corsica (Ponera Abeillei nov. sp., André, 1881a: 61, worker; Santschi, 1921e: 167, illustrated, male), combination in P. (Hypoponera) by Santschi, 1938b; in Hypoponera by Taylor, 1967) from Ajaccio,  M Abeille de Perrin
Worker and male described (see Bolton, 1995)..

André's (1881a) description is at . Bondroit (1918) gave an illustrated description, this is at . Santschi's (1921e) illustrated description of the male is at .

Syntypes were examined by Seifert (2003b), who confirmed this as a good species.

WORKER - TL 2.3-2.5 mm; petiole scale thick, not narrowing towards the apex; mandibles with 4 large teeth and 7-12 denticles (after Bernard, 1952).

Collingwood (1985), reporting it from Saudi Arabia, noted that this small yellowish brown species is characterised by the flat outline of the alitrunk dorsum which has only a very slight metanotal impression.

Bolton & Fisher's consideration can be found in http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2843.html
They cite it as from Egypt "M Sharaf, pers.comm.".

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0915488

The photomontage is collated from http://www.hormigas.org/xEspecies/Hypoponera%20abeillei.htm