Bothroponera talpa variolata

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Bothroponera talpa variolata
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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Type Specimen Label

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Congo (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

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