Mesoponera elisae divaricata

Mesoponera elisae divaricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Mesoponera
Species:	M. elisae
Subspecies:	M. elisae divaricata
Trinomial name
Mesoponera elisae divaricata (Emery, 1915)

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Afrotropical Mesoponera

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Ethiopia (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.

• divaricata. Euponera (Xiphopelta) elisae subsp. divaricata Emery, 1915g: 6, fig. 3 (w.) ERITREA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Eritrea: Cheren (F. Silvestri), Ghinda (F. Silvestri), and Nefasit (F. Silvestri).
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Combination in E. (Mesoponera): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 775;
  • combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 305;
  • combination in Mesoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 110.
  • Subspecies of elisae: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 775; Santschi, 1935b: 260 (in key); Finzi, 1939a: 161; Bolton, 1995b: 305; Madl, 2019: 17.
  • Distribution: Eritrea.

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)
• Emery, C. 1915e. Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 10: 3-26 (page 6, fig. 3 worker described)
• 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. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 775, Combination in E. (Mesoponera))