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Anoplolepis kohli
| Anoplolepis kohli | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Anoplolepis |
| Species: | A. kohli |
| Binomial name | |
| Anoplolepis kohli (Forel, 1916)
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Identification
Head and mesosoma light brown to yellow with slightly darker gaster; mesosoma and head densely rugorecticulate; mandible with 8 teeth, one tooth on basal margin, another on inner mandibular margin.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0249635. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by USNM, Washington, DC, USA. |
    
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0281112. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by USNM, Washington, DC, USA. |
     
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| Syntype of Prenolepis kohli. Worker. Specimen code casent0907121. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
    
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| Syntype of Prenolepis kohli. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0907122. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- kohli. Prenolepis kohli Forel, 1916: 438 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of LaPolla & Fisher, 2014b: 44), 1 paralectotype queen.
- Type-locality: lectotype Democratic Republic of Congo: St Gabriel (H. Kohl); paralectotype with same data.
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Prenolepis (Prenolepis): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 940;
- combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925b: 218;
- combination in Prenolepis: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 129;
- combination in Paratrechina: LaPolla & Fisher, 2014b: 44;
- combination in Anoplolepis: Boudinot, et al. 2022: 142.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 940; Emery, 1925b: 218; Menozzi, 1942: 179; Eidmann, 1944: 461; Bolton, 1995b: 314; LaPolla & Fisher, 2014b: 44 (redescription); Boudinot, et al. 2022: 142.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
LaPolla & Fisher (2014) - (n=6) TL: 2.9–3.0; HW: 0.78–0.90; HL: 0.93–1.03; EL: 0.21–0.25; SL: 1.22–1.43; PW: 0.54–0.6; WL: 1.3–1.61; GL: 1.12–1.37; PFL: 0.84–1.04 CI: 79–85; REL: 22–25; REL2: 27–30; SI: 143–169; SMC: 0; PMC: 3–5; MMC: 1–3.
Light brown with darker gaster; head and mesosomal cuticle densely rugorecticulate; head, pronotum, mesonotum and gaster with scattered macrosetae; scapes without macrosetae, with layer of dense pubscence. Head subrectangular; posterolateral corners with slight angles; most of eyes above midline of head; eyes convex; no ocelli apparent; mandibles with teeth, one tooth on basal margin, another on inner mandibular margin; outer mandibular surface with slight striations across surface. In lateral view, pronotal margin nearly straight, at less than 45° angle rise towards mesonotum; pronotal/mesonotal margin with mesonotum raised slightly above margin; propodeum convex with rounded dorsal face and longer, steep declivitous face; metanotal suture with distinct impression.
Type Material
Syntype worker and queen, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kohl) (Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève) [examined]. Lectotype [designated here], pinned worker, Congo (Kohl) (MHNG: CASENT0907121) [examined]; Paralectotype [designated here], pinned queen with same data as lectotype (MHNG: CASENT0907122) [examined].
References
- Boudinot, B.E., Borowiec, M.L., Prebus, M.M. 2022. Phylogeny, evolution, and classification of the ant genus Lasius, the tribe Lasiini and the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 47, 113-151 (doi:10.1111/syen.12522).
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 218, Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia))
- Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Reue. Suisse de Zoologie. 24:397-460.
- LaPolla, J.S. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. Then there were five: a reexamination of the ant genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 422, 35–48 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.422.7779).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Eidmann H. 1944. Die Ameisenfauna von Fernando Poo. 27. Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Westafrika-Expedition. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere 76: 413-490.
- Forel A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 24: 397-460.
- Menozzi C. 1942. Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940. Zoologischer Anzeiger 140: 164-182.