Bothroponera tesseronoda

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Sri Lanka.

Biology
Gamergates are the normal reproductives in this species. Colonies (n = 9) consisted of 102 (± SD 28) workers on average, with one to eight gamergates (inseminated and egg-laying workers) per colony (Ito 2010).

Nomenclature

 *  tesseronoda. Ponera tesseronoda Emery, 1877b: 368 (w.) INDIA. [Misspelled as tesserinoda by Forel, 1900d: 325; Bingham, 1903: 97, and subsequent authors.] Forel, 1900d: 352 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976a: 46 (l.). Combination in Bothroponera: Forel, 1891b: 124; in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 46; in Bothroponera: Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 77. See also: Bingham, 1903: 97; Maschwitz, Hölldobler & Möglich, 1974: 113.