Bothroponera sulcata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 *  sulcata. Ponera sulcata Mayr, 1867c: 441 (w.) ("Vaterland unbekannt") [Emery, 1911d: 78 gives INDIA, possibly based on the collection data in Forel, 1900d: 326, and Bingham, 1903: 99.]. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Ponera sulcata Smith, F. 1858b: 99 (now in Gnamptogenys) (Bolton, 1995b: 310).] Forel, 1900d: 326 (m.). Combination in Bothroponera: Forel, 1891b: 124; in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 46. Current subspecies: nominal plus fossulata, sulcatotesserinoda.

Additional References

 * 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)