Anoplolepis steingroeveri gertrudae

Anoplolepis steingroeveri gertrudae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Anoplolepis
Species:	A. steingroeveri
Subspecies:	A. steingroeveri gertrudae
Trinomial name
Anoplolepis steingroeveri gertrudae (Forel, 1900)

At a Glance

• Limited invasive

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Réunion (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

Castes

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Nomenclature

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

• gertrudae. Plagiolepis steingroeveri r. gertrudae Forel, 1900b: 77 (w.) REUNION I. Combination in Anoplolepis: Emery, 1925b: 18.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 67, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 18, combination in Anoplolepis)
• Forel, A. 1900b. Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie récoltés par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J.-J. Walker, etc. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 44: 54-77 (page 77, worker described)