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Dataset providing biogeographic range data for extant ponerine ants

Source: R/datasets_doc.R
Ponerinae_binary_range_table.Rd

A data.frame of range location for the 1534 extant ponerine ant taxa (Ponerinae subfamily).

Source: Doré, M., Borowiec, M. L., Branstetter, M. G., Camacho, G. P., Fisher, B. L., Longino, J. T., Ward, P. S., Blaimer, B. B. (2025). Evolutionary history of ponerine ants highlights how the timing of dispersal events shapes modern biodiversity. Nature Communications, 16, 8297. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63709-3

Usage

data(Ponerinae_binary_range_table)

Format

A data.frame with 1534 rows and 10 columns.

Details

A data.frame of range locations covering the 1534 extant ponerine ant taxa (Ponerinae subfamily).

  • $Taxa Character string. Names of ponerinae ant taxa.

  • $Afrotropics Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Afrotropics.

  • $Australasia Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Australasia.

  • $Indomalaya Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Indomalaya.

  • $Nearctic Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Nearctic.

  • $Neotropics Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Neotropics.

  • $Eastern_Palearctic Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Eastern Palearctic.

  • $Western_Palearctic Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to Western Palearctic.

  • $Old_World Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to the Old World: encompassing any bioregion among Afrotropics, Australasia, Indomalaya, Eastern Palearctic, or Western Palearctic.

  • $New_World Logical. Whether the range of the taxa extends to the New World: encompassing any bioregion among Nearctic, or Neotropics.

References

Doré, M., Borowiec, M. L., Branstetter, M. G., Camacho, G. P., Fisher, B. L., Longino, J. T., Ward, P. S., Blaimer, B. B. (2025). Evolutionary history of ponerine ants highlights how the timing of dispersal events shapes modern biodiversity. Nature Communications, 16, 8297. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63709-3