Pseudoneoponera tridentata exasperans

Pseudoneoponera tridentata exasperans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Pseudoneoponera
Species:	P. tridentata
Subspecies:	P. tridentata exasperans
Trinomial name
Pseudoneoponera tridentata exasperans (Forel, 1911)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Malaysia (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.

• exasperans. Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) tridentata var. exasperans Forel, 1911e: 253 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA.
  • Type-material: holotype(?) worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Malaysia: Pahang, Malacca (R. Martin).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in Bothroponera: Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2;
  • combination in Pseudoneoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 135.
  • Subspecies of tridentata: Bolton, 1995b: 305.
  • Distribution: Malaysia (Peninsula).

References

• Forel, A. 1911g. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Münch. 11: 249-303 (page 253, 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).