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Bothroponera talpa variolata
| Bothroponera talpa variolata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Bothroponera |
| Species: | B. talpa |
| Subspecies: | B. talpa variolata |
| Trinomial name | |
| Bothroponera talpa variolata (Santschi, 1912)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Congo (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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- variolata. Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) variolata Santschi, 1912b: 151 (w.) CONGO.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Congo (“Congo français”): (no further data) (R.P. Zimmermann).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 363 (error).
- Subspecies of talpa: Santschi, 1914d: 314; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 773; Bolton, 1995b: 311.
- Distribution: Congo.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1912b. Fourmis d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 56: 150-167 (page 151, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 309-385 (page 314, Race of talpa)
- 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).