Bothroponera tesseronoda

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Bothroponera tesseronoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Bothroponera
Species: B. tesseronoda
Binomial name
Bothroponera tesseronoda
(Emery, 1877)

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Specimen Labels

At a Glance • Gamergate  • Tandem running  


Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 30.5596° to 6.483333333°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality), Sri Lanka.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Gamergates are the normal reproductives in this species. Colonies (n = 9) consisted of 102 (± SD 28) workers on average, with one to eight gamergates (inseminated and egg-laying workers) per colony (Ito 2010).

Association with Other Organisms

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  • This species is a prey for the tiger beetle Cicindela whithilli (a predator) in Western Ghats, India (Sinu et al., 2006).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • tesseronoda. Ponera tesseronoda Emery, 1877b: 368 (w.) INDIA (West Bengal).
    • [Misspelled as tesserinoda by Mayr, 1879: 663, Dalla Torre, 1893: 37, Emery, 1893f: 242, and many others.]
    • Forel, 1900d: 325 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976a: 46 (l.).
    • Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 46;
    • combination in Bothroponera: Forel, 1891b: 124; Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 77.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1879: 663 (redescription); Forel, 1885b: 177; Mayr, 1897: 424; Dalla Torre, 1893: 37; Emery, 1893f: 242; Forel, 1900d: 325; Emery, 1901f: 113; Rothney, 1903: 96; Bingham, 1903: 97; Forel, 1906b: 91; Forel, 1907a: 6; Forel, 1908a: 1; Emery, 1911d: 78; Forel, 1911i: 216; Forel, 1913k: 7; Menozzi, 1939a: 328; Teranishi, 1940: 66; Donisthorpe, 1942d: 449; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 51; Maschwitz, et al. 1974: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 310; Tiwari, 1999: 28; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 49.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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