Bothroponera comorensis

Pachycondyla comorensis is known only from Madagascar, where it generally occupies dry and lowland humid forests and the coastal region in the north of the island. Despite its name, P. comorensis is not known from the Comoros. This is one of two species with longer antennal scapes which are probably used to forage on the soil surface and in leaf litter. Colonies have been found frequently in the ground, in rotten logs, under stones, rarely in dead twigs and rotten sticks on the ground, and under layers of roots and litter on rock. (Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  comorensis. Ponera comorensis André, 1887: 292 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Forel, 1891b: 124 (w.). Combination in Bothroponera: Forel, 1891b: 124; in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 45; in Bothroponera: Wheeler, 1922: 1007; in Pachycondyla by Bolton, 1995: 304.

Additional References

 * Rakotonirina, J.C. & Fisher, B.L. 2013. Revision of the Pachycondyla wasmannii-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Malagasy region. Zootaxa 3609, 101-141.
 * 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)