Bothroponera talpa

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

Nomenclature

 *  talpa. Bothroponera talpa André, 1890: 316 (w.) SIERRA LEONE. Emery, 1899e: 473 (q.); Santschi, 1914d: 314 (q.). Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 45; in Bothroponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 72; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 310. Senior synonym of clavicornis: Bolton, 1975b: 6. Current subspecies: nominal plus variolata.
 * clavicornis. Psalidomyrmex clavicornis Bernard, 1953b: 209, fig. 5 (q.) GUINEA. Junior synonym of talpa: Bolton, 1975b: 6.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Andre 1890.pdf|André, E. 1890. Matériaux pour servir à la faune myrmécologique de Sierra-Leone (Afrique occidentale). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 9: 311-327 PDF]]
 * 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)