Bothroponera pachyderma

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo , Cameroun , Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda.

Castes

 * Queen

Nomenclature

 * . Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) pachyderma Emery, 1901a: 49 (w.q.) CAMEROON.
 * Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 308;
 * combination in Bothroponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 73; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 76.
 * Senior synonym of attenuata: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 369.
 * Senior synonym of funerea: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 369.
 * Senior synonym of postsquamosa: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 369.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1907b: 9; Emery, 1911d: 76; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 73, 771; Menozzi, 1942: 166; Weber, 1943c: 297; Eidmann, 1944: 430; Arnold, 1954: 292; Bolton, 1995b: 308; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 221.
 * attenuata. Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) pachyderma var. attenata Santschi, 1920b: 7 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * [Justified emendation of spelling to attenuata: Santschi, 1933b: 95.]
 * Combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 76.
 * Subspecies of pachyderma: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 771; Santschi, 1933b: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 303.
 * Junior synonym of pachyderma: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 369.
 * funerea. Bothroponera pachyderma var. funerea Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 73 (q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 305;
 * combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 76.
 * Subspecies of pachyderma: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 771; Bolton, 1995b: 305.
 * Junior synonym of pachyderma: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 369.
 * postsquamosa. Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) pachyderma var. postsquamosa Santschi, 1920b: 7 (w.) CONGO.
 * Combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 76.
 * Subspecies of pachyderma: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 771; Bolton, 1995b: 308.
 * Junior synonym of pachyderma: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 369.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Belshaw R., and B. Bolton. 1994. A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 3: 5-16.
 * Belshaw R., and B. Bolton. 1994. A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 3: 5-16.
 * Eidmann H. 1944. Die Ameisenfauna von Fernando Poo. 27. Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Westafrika-Expedition. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere 76: 413-490.
 * Fisher B. L. 2004. Diversity patterns of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an elevational gradient on Monts Doudou in southwestern Gabon. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 28: 269-286.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
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 * Levieux J., and T. Diomande. 1985. Evolution des peuplements de fourmis terricoles selon l'age de la végétation dans une foret de Cote d'Ivoire intacte ou soumise à l'action humaine. Insectes Sociaux 32(2): 128-139.
 * Menozzi C. 1942. Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940. Zoologischer Anzeiger 140: 164-182.
 * Stephens S. S., P. B. Bosu, and M. R. Wager. 2016. Effect of overstory tree species diversity and composition on ground foraging ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in timber plantations in Ghana. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & management 12(1-2): 96-107.
 * Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.