Prionopelta humicola

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Prionopelta humicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Prionopelta
Species: P. humicola
Binomial name
Prionopelta humicola
Terron, 1974

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Cameroun (type locality), Gabon, Rwanda, Uganda.

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

Prionopelta humicola, Kibale forest, Uganda. Image © Alex Wild.

Castes

Prionopelta humicola, Kibale forest, Uganda. Image © Alex Wild.

Nomenclature

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

  • humicola. Prionopelta humicola Terron, 1974: 115, figs. 1-3 (w.q.) CAMEROON.
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype queen.
    • Type-locality: holotype Cameroon: Nsoung, Manengouba massif, W Nkongsamba, 1650 m., 7.xi.1971 (G. Terron); paratype: Cameroon: Nkolkomou (750 m., ca 15 km. W Yaoundé), 4.vi.1971, Berlese no. JG (G. Terron).
    • Type-depository: CIRA.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 365.
    • Distribution: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Braet Y., and B. Taylor. 2008. Mission entomologique au Parc National de Pongara (Gabon). Bilan des Formicidae (Hymenoptera) recoltes. Bulletin S. R. B. E./K.B.V.E. 144: 157-169.