Anoplolepis opaciventris

Anoplolepis opaciventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Anoplolepis
Species:	A. opaciventris
Binomial name
Anoplolepis opaciventris (Emery, 1899) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Gabon (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Anoplolepis opaciventris. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0905136. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

• opaciventris. Plagiolepis opaciventris Emery, 1899e: 492 (in text) (q.) GABON.
  • Type-material: 2 syntype queens.
  • Type-locality: Gabon: (no further data).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 934;
  • combination in Anoplolepis (Anoplolepis): Emery, 1925b: 18.
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 934; Emery, 1925b: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 67; Bolton, 2003: 267.
  • Distribution: Congo, Gabon.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 67, catalogue)
• Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
• Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 492, queen described)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 18, combination in Anoplolepis)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 934, combination in Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis))