Bothroponera fugax

Bothroponera fugax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Bothroponera
Species complex:	talpa
Species:	B. fugax
Binomial name
Bothroponera fugax Forel, 1907 Type Label

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Bothroponera talpa species complex
• Key to Ethiopian Bothroponera

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -3.53541° to -10.11569°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: United Republic of Tanzania.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• fugax. Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) fugax Forel, 1907a: 7 (w.) TANZANIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Tanzania (“Afrique orientale”): Arusha-chini, Lake Djipé (K. Katona).
  • Type-depositories: HNHM, MHNG.
  • [Note: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 368, cite one syntype (as ‘holotype’) in NHMB; this specimen is not included in the type-catalogue of Baroni Urbani, 1973b.]
  • Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 305;
  • combination in Bothroponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 73; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 76.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 76; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 73 (in key), 770; Bolton, 1995b: 305; Joma & Mackay, 2020: 366 (redescription).
  • Distribution: Cameroon, Tanzania.

References

• 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 305, Combination in Pachycondyla)
• Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42 (page 7, worker described)
• Joma, A.M.A., Mackay, W.P. 2020. Revision of the African ants of the Bothroponera talpa species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 146: 355-408. (doi:10.3157/061.146.0206).
• 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).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 73, Combination in Bothroponera)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Belshaw R., and B. Bolton. 1994. A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 3: 5-16.
• Belshaw R., and B. Bolton. 1994. A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 3: 5-16.