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Mesoponera flavopilosa
| Mesoponera flavopilosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Mesoponera |
| Species: | M. flavopilosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Mesoponera flavopilosa (Weber, 1942) | |
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 15.18333333° to 4.112954°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Sudan (type locality), Yemen.
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.
- flavopilosa. Euponera (Mesoponera) flavopilosa Weber, 1942a: 43, fig. 10 (q.) SOUTH SUDAN.
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: South Sudan (“Anglo-Egyptian Sudan”): Imatong Mts, Lotti Forest, 5.viii.1939, no. 1439 (N.A. Weber).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 305;
- combination in Mesoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 110.
- Status as species: Weber, 1943c: 299; Bolton, 1995b: 305; Collingwood & van Harten, 2005: 74; Borowiec, L. 2014: 141.
- Distribution: South Sudan, Yemen.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- 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)
- 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).
- Weber, N. A. 1942b. New doryline, cerapachyine and ponerine ants from the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 44: 40-49 (page 43, fig. 10 queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Weber N. A. 1942. New doryline, cerapachyine and ponerine ants from the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 44: 40-49.