Bothroponera sulcata fossulata

Bothroponera sulcata fossulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Bothroponera
Species:	B. sulcata
Subspecies:	B. sulcata fossulata
Trinomial name
	Bothroponera sulcata fossulata; (Forel, 1900)

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

fossulata. Ponera (Bothroponera) sulcata var. fossulata Forel, 1900d: 323 (diagnosis in key) (w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: India: Madras (= Chennai) (G.A.J. Rothney).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 46;
- combination in Bothroponera: Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 77.
- Subspecies of sulcata: Bingham, 1903: 99; Emery, 1911d: 78; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 305; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 49.
- Distribution: India.

Description

Worker

Bingham (1903): Similar to B. sulcata but differs by having the posterior half of the head with scattered large shallow punctures.

References

Emery, C. 1901b. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 32-54 (page 46, Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera))
Forel, A. 1900f. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VII. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 303-332 (page 323, (diagnosis in key) worker described)
Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).