Loboponera edentula

Loboponera edentula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Loboponera
Species:	L. edentula
Binomial name
Loboponera edentula Bolton & Brown, 2002 Specimen labels

With the exception of a type worker noted as being collected from litter, nothing is known about the biology of Loboponera edentula.

Identification

Bolton & Brown (2002) - A member of the vigilans species group. The form of the propodeal declivity, coupled with the lack of a longitudinal carina on the first gastral sternite, isolates this species within the group.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Loboponera Species

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Rwanda (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.

Nomenclature

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

• edentula. Loboponera edentula Bolton & Brown, 2002: 6 (w.) RWANDA.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description. Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Holotype. TL 6.1, HL 1.11, HW 1.03, CI 93, SL 0.98, SI 95, AL 1.78. Paratype. TL 6.1, HL 1.11, HW 1.04, CI 94, SL 0.94, SI 90, AL 1.79. Characters of vigilans group and the following. Maximum diameter of eye 0.07. First gastral sternite without a tooth on each side of the anteroventral median process and without a translucent median longitudinal carina. Propodeal declivity with a small sharp tooth near base but otherwise unarmed and rounding evenly into the dorsum. Sculpture on glossy head and alitrunk is of relatively fine longitudinal costulae and scattered foveolate punctures. On the first gastral tergite the costulae are mostly suppressed, much less obvious than on the alitrunk, and the spaces between the foveolae are very glossy and partially to mostly smooth.

Type Material

Holotype worker, Rwanda: Kayove, 23.iv.1973, 2100 m (P. Werner) (Museum of Comparative Zoology). Paratype. 1 worker, Rwanda: Rangiro, ix.1976, litter (P. Werner) (The Natural History Museum).

References

• Bolton, B. and Brown, W. L., Jr.. 2002. Loboponera gen. n. and a review of the Afrotropical Plectroctena genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Entomology). 71:1-18. (page 6, worker described)
• Nsengimana, V., Hagenimana, T., Barakagwira, J., de Dieu Nsenganeza, J., Iradukunda, S. C., Majyambere, M., Kizungu, O. B., Nkundimana, A., Umutoni, D., Fabrice, R., Cyubahiro, B., Kouakou, L. M., Kolo, Y., Anale, J. S., Gómez, K., Dekoninck, W. 2023. Checklist of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species from Nyungwe Tropical Rain Forest, south-western Rwanda. Journal of East African Natural History 111(2), 69-81 (doi:10.2982/028.111.0203).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bolton B., and W. L. Brown Jr. 2002. Loboponera gen. n. and a review of the Afrotropical Plectroctena genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series 71: 1-18.