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Bothroponera variolosa
| Bothroponera variolosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Bothroponera berthoudi) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Bothroponera |
| Species: | Bothroponera variolosa Arnold, 1947 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Bothroponera berthoudi.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- variolosa. Bothroponera variolosa Arnold, 1947: 131, fig. 1 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 311; in Bothroponera: Joma & Mackay, 2013: 3; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 77. Junior synonym of berthoudi: Joma and Mackay, 2015: 545.
References
- Arnold, G. 1947. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 7. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. 2: 131-167 (page 131, fig. 1 worker described)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 311, combination in Pachycondyla)
- Joma, A.M.A. & Mackay, W.P. 2015. Revision of the African ants of the Bothroponera pumicosa species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Sociobiology 62: 538-563 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v62i4.845).
- Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).