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Prionopelta amieti
| Prionopelta amieti | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
| Genus: | Prionopelta |
| Species: | P. amieti |
| Binomial name | |
| Prionopelta amieti Terron, 1974
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), Ivory Coast, Uganda.
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
Worker
Images from AntWeb
  
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0102500. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Queen
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0102501. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- amieti. Prionopelta amieti Terron, 1974: 106, figs. 1-4, 7 (w.q.m.) CAMEROON.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 18 paratype workers, 11 paratype queens, 2 paratype males.
- Type-locality: holotype Cameroon: Yaoundé, University Campus, 15.ii.1974, nest UF (G. Terron); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: CIRA (holotype); BMNH, MHNG, MNHN, NHMB (paratypes).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 365.
- Distribution: Cameroon.
Description
References
- Cantone S. 2018. Winged Ants, The queen. Dichotomous key to genera of winged female ants in the World. The Wings of Ants: morphological and systematic relationships (self-published).
- Terron, G. 1974. Découverte au Cameroun de deux espèces nouvelles du genre Prionopelta Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Ann. Fac. Sci. Univ. Féd. Cameroun 17: 105-119 (page 106, figs. 1-4, 7 worker, queen, male described)