Prionopelta aethiopica

Prionopelta aethiopica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Amblyoponinae
Tribe:	Amblyoponini
Genus:	Prionopelta
Species:	P. aethiopica
Binomial name
Prionopelta aethiopica Arnold, 1949 Specimen labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -8.23889° to -28.66667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality), United Republic of Tanzania.

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.

Castes

Worker

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Nomenclature

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

• aethiopica. Prionopelta descarpentriesi subsp. aethiopica Arnold, 1949: 263, fig. 4 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: South Africa: Zululand, Richards Bay, ii. (J.C. Faure).
  • Type-depository: SAMC.
  • Status as species: Brown, 1960a: 177, 219; Bolton, 1995b: 364.
  • Distribution: South Africa.

References

• Arnold, G. 1949. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 9. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. 2: 261-275. (page 263, fig. 4 worker described)

• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1960a. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122: 143-230 (page 177, raised to species)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Brown W. L., Jr. 1960. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122: 143-230.
• Terron G. 1974. Découverte au Cameroun de deux espèces nouvelles du genre Prionopelta Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Annales de la Faculté des Sciences, Université Fédérale du Cameroun 17: 105-119.