Plectroctena anops

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Plectroctena anops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Plectroctena
Species: P. anops
Binomial name
Plectroctena anops
Bolton, 1974

Plectroctena anops casent0003072 profile 1.jpg

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Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 6.5° to 6.5°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Ghana (type locality), Ivory Coast.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Plectroctena anops casent0003073 head 1.jpgPlectroctena anops casent0003073 profile 1.jpgPlectroctena anops casent0003073 dorsal 1.jpgPlectroctena anops casent0003073 label 1.jpg
Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0003073. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Plectroctena anops casent0102918 head 1.jpgPlectroctena anops casent0102918 profile 1.jpgPlectroctena anops casent0102918 dorsal 1.jpgPlectroctena anops casent0102918 label 1.jpg
Holotype of Plectroctena anopsWorker. Specimen code casent0102918. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • anops. Plectroctena anops Bolton, 1974c: 319, figs. 4, 7 (w.) GHANA.

Description

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