Heteroponera brounii
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Heteroponera brounii is an ant of the family Formicidae, endemic to the northern half of the North Island of New Zealand, including Three Kings Islands. It is found in native forests, nesting in soil under leaf litter and in rotten logs.
The eyes are rather large. Length of the worker ant is about 3.5 mm. The antenna has 12 segments, the last being a three segmented club. The queens are wingless and worker-like. Coloration is uniformly brownish-red.
Colonies are small with fewer than 200 workers, and seldom seen. Workers move sluggishly and feign death when disturbed.
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