Bothroponera sculpturata

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Bothroponera sculpturata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Bothroponera
Species complex: talpa
Species: B. sculpturata
Binomial name
Bothroponera sculpturata
(Santschi, 1912)

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Type Specimen Label

Synonyms

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -3.88333° to -29.76667°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Malawi (type locality), Zimbabwe (type locality).

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

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Nomenclature

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

  • sculpturata. Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) sculpturata Santschi, 1912b: 151 (q.) ZIMBABWE, MOZAMBIQUE.
    • Combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 76.
    • Subspecies of pumicosa: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 772; Bolton, 1995b: 309.
    • Senior synonym of mlanjiensis: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 379.
    • Status as species: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 379.
  • mlanjiensis. Bothroponera mlanjiensis Arnold, 1946: 55, figs. 8, 9 (w.q.) MALAWI.
    • Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 307;
    • combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 76.
    • Status as species: Arnold, 1952a: 462 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 307.
    • Junior synonym of sculpturata: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 379.

Description

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