Tetraponera longula

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Tetraponera longula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Pseudomyrmecinae
Genus: Tetraponera
Species: T. longula
Binomial name
Tetraponera longula
(Emery, 1895)

Tetraponera sahlbergi longula casent0101395 profile 1.jpg

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Specimen labels

Synonyms

Identification

A member of the Tetraponera allaborans species-group.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -15.68333333° to -15.68333333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Madagascar (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Tetraponera sahlbergi longula casent0102031 head 1.jpgTetraponera sahlbergi longula casent0102031 profile 1.jpgTetraponera sahlbergi longula casent0102031 dorsal 1.jpgTetraponera sahlbergi longula casent0102031 label 1.jpg
Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0102031. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.
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Worker. Specimen code casent0101395. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Nomenclature

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

  • longula. Sima sahlbergi var. longula Emery, 1895f: 340 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
    • Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28; in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1016.
    • Status as species: Chomicki et al., 2015: Figure S1.
    • Senior synonym of deplanata: Ward, 2022: 40.
  • deplanata. Sima sahlbergi r. deplanata Forel, 1904b: 375 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
    • Combination in S. (Tetraponera): Emery, 1921f: 28.
    • Combination in Tetraponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1016.
    • Junior synonym of longula: Ward, 2022: 40.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Emery C. 1895. Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire de Diego-Suarez (Madagascar-nord) (Avril-août 1893). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39: 336-345.
  • Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
  • Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
  • Santschi F. 1930. Description de Formicides éthiopiens nouveaux ou peu connus. V. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 70: 49-77.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055