Bothroponera talpa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Guinea, Kenya, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda.

Nomenclature

 * . Bothroponera talpa André, 1890: 316 (w.) SIERRA LEONE.
 * Emery, 1899e: 473 (q.); Santschi, 1914d: 314 (q.).
 * Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 45;
 * combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 310;
 * combination in Bothroponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 72; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 76.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 37; Emery, 1899e: 473; Santschi, 1914d: 314; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 73, 773; Bolton, 1975b: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 310; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 221.
 * Senior synonym of clavicornis: Bolton, 1975b: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 310.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus variolata.
 * clavicornis. Psalidomyrmex clavicornis Bernard, 1953b: 209, fig. 5A (q.) GUINEA.
 * Combination in Bothroponera: Bolton, 1975b: 6.
 * Junior synonym of talpa: Bolton, 1975b: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 304.
 * crassior. Bothroponera crassa var. crassior Santschi, 1930a: 53 (w.) KENYA.
 * Santschi, 1930c: 267 (m.).
 * Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 304;
 * combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 77.
 * Subspecies of crassa: Santschi, 1930c: 267; Santschi, 1932a: 382; Arnold, 1952a: 462 (in key); Prins, 1963: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 304; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 220.
 * Status as species: Joma & Mackay, 2017: 17 (redescription); Madl, 2019: 16 (error).
 * Synonym of ilgii: Joma & Mackay, 2017: 17.
 * [Note: Joma & Mackay, 2017: 17, give crassior as senior synonym, but ilgii has priority.]
 * Material of the unavailable name andrieui referred here by Joma & Mackay, 2017: 17.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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