Bothroponera pumicosa

Wheeler (1922) and Wheeler and Wheeler (1971) reported that this species is usually found in colonies with a small number of individuals under stones in humid habitats and wet soils.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa.

Nomenclature

 *  pumicosa. Ponera pumicosa Roger, 1860: 290 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Forel, 1901f: 344 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971c: 390 (l.). Combination in Bothroponera: Mayr, 1862: 717; in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 45; in Bothroponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 72; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 308; in Bothroponera: Joma & Mackay, 2013: 3; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 76. Current subspecies: nominal plus sculpturata. See also: Arnold, 1915: 62.