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Bothroponera mlanjiensis
| Bothroponera mlanjiensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Bothroponera sculpturata) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Bothroponera |
| Species: | Bothroponera mlanjiensis Arnold, 1946 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Bothroponera sculpturata.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- mlanjiensis. Bothroponera mlanjiensis Arnold, 1946: 55, figs. 8, 9 (w.q.) MALAWI.
- Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 307;
- combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 76.
- Status as species: Arnold, 1952a: 462 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 307.
- Junior synonym of sculpturata: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 379.
References
- Arnold, G. 1946. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 6. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. 2: 49-97 (page 55, figs. 8, 9 worker, queen 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 307, Combination in Pachycondyla)
- 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).