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Granulate Crypt ant

Hypoponera opaciceps (Mayr, 1887)

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The granulate crypt ant (Hypoponera opaciceps) is a species in the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the granulate crypt ant

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the granulate crypt ant live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the granulate crypt ant as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Ecuador
  2. Tonga
  3. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the granulate crypt ant endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the granulate crypt ant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyFormicidae
  6. genusHypoponera
  7. SpeciesHypoponera opaciceps (Mayr, 1887)

Synonyms Hypoponera andrei, Hypoponera opaciceps postangustata, Hypoponera perkinsi, Ponera andrei, Ponera opaciceps, Ponera opaciceps postangustata, Ponera opaciceps var. postangustata, Ponera perkinsi

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • カドフシニセハリアリJapanese
  • 暗首姬針蟻Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the granulate crypt ant

Other species in the same genus Hypoponera.

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Common questions

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Is the granulate crypt ant an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the granulate crypt ant as introduced in 3 countries: Ecuador, Tonga and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the granulate crypt ant?

The granulate crypt ant (Hypoponera opaciceps) belongs to the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Granulate Crypt ant (Hypoponera opaciceps). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/granulate-crypt-ant

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BibTeX
@misc{granulate_crypt_ant_2026,
  title = {Granulate Crypt ant (Hypoponera opaciceps)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/granulate-crypt-ant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}