Eburopone wroughtoni

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Mozambique, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 * . Cerapachys wroughtoni Forel, 1910e: 422 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Mts of Natal (R.C. Wroughton).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in C. (Cerapachys): Emery, 1911d: 9;
 * combination in Eburopone: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 129.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 9; Arnold, 1915: 16; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 756; Brown, 1975: 24, 63; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 410; Borowiec, L. 2014: 62.
 * Senior synonym of rhodesiana: Brown, 1975: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
 * Senior synonym of roberti: Brown, 1975: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
 * Distribution: South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe.
 * rhodesiana. Cerapachys wroughtoni var. rhodesiana Forel, 1913j: 212 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo (G. Arnold).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Subspecies of wroughtoni: Arnold, 1915: 16; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 756.
 * Junior synonym of wroughtoni: Brown, 1975: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 144.
 * roberti. Cerapachys roberti Forel, 1914d: 212 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Natal, Estcourt, 1914 (R.C. Wroughton).
 * Type-depositories: BMNH, MHNG.
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 756; Arnold, 1926: 192.
 * Junior synonym of wroughtoni: Brown, 1975: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 144.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
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