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Bothroponera talpa
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Bothroponera |
| Species complex: | talpa |
| Species: | B. talpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Bothroponera talpa André, 1890
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 49.78306° to -0.317°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Guinea, Kenya, Senegal, Sierra Leone (type locality), Uganda.
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. |
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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.
- talpa. Bothroponera talpa André, 1890: 316 (w.) SIERRA LEONE.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (A. Mocquerys).
- Type-depository: MNHN.
- Emery, 1899e: 473 (q.); Santschi, 1914d: 314 (q.).
- Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901a: 45;
- combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 310;
- combination in Bothroponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 72; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 76.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 37; Emery, 1899e: 473; Santschi, 1914d: 314; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 73, 773; Bolton, 1975b: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 310; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 221; Joma & Mackay, 2020: 383 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of clavicornis: Bolton, 1975b: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 310; Joma & Mackay, 2020: 383.
- Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus variolata.
- clavicornis. Psalidomyrmex clavicornis Bernard, 1953b: 209, fig. 5A (q.) GUINEA.
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Guinea (“French Guinea”): Mt Nimba, Camp IV, 1000 m. (M. Lamotte).
- Type-depository: MNHN.
- Combination in Bothroponera: Bolton, 1975b: 6.
- Junior synonym of talpa: Bolton, 1975b: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 304; Joma & Mackay, 2020: 383.
- crassior. Bothroponera crassa var. crassior Santschi, 1930a: 53 (w.) KENYA.
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Joma & Mackay, 2017: 21), 3 paralectotype workers.
- [Note: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 134, cites 5w syntypes NHMB.]
- Type-locality: lectotype Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): W slope Mt Kenya, between Rivers Amboni and Naremuru, 1.ii.1912 (Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel); paralectotypes with same data.
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Santschi, 1930c: 267 (m.).
- Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 304;
- combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 77.
- Subspecies of crassa: Santschi, 1930c: 267; Santschi, 1932a: 382; Arnold, 1952a: 462 (in key); Prins, 1963: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 304; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 220.
- Status as species: Joma & Mackay, 2017: 17 (redescription); Madl, 2019: 16 (error).
- Synonym of ilgii: Joma & Mackay, 2017: 17.
- [Note: Joma & Mackay, 2017: 17, give crassior as senior synonym, but ilgii has priority.]
- Material of the unavailable name andrieui referred here by Joma & Mackay, 2017: 17.
Description
References
- André, E. 1890. Matériaux pour servir à la faune myrmécologique de Sierra-Leone (Afrique occidentale). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 9: 311-327.
- Bolton, B. 1975b. A revision of the African ponerine ant genus Psalidomyrmex André (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 32: 1-16 (page 6, Senior synonym of clavicornis)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla attributed to Brown.] Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 310, combination in Pachycondyla)
- Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 459-504 (page 473, queen described)
- Emery, C. 1901b. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 32-54 (page 45, Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera))
- Esteves, F.A., Fisher, B.L. 2021. Corrieopone nouragues gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Ponerinae from French Guiana (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1074, 83–173 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1074.75551).
- Joma, A.M.A., Mackay, W.P. 2020. Revision of the African ants of the Bothroponera talpa species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 146: 355-408. (doi:10.3157/061.146.0206).
- Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 309-385 (page 314, queen 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).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922b. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 39-269 (page 72, Combination in Bothroponera)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Abera-Kalibata A. M., C. S. Gold, R. G. Van Driesche, and P. E. Ragama. 2007. Composition, distribution, and relative abundance of ants in banana farming systems in Uganda. Biological Control 40: 168-178.
- André E. 1890. Matériaux pour servir à la faune myrmécologique de Sierra-Leone (Afrique occidentale). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 9: 311-327.
- Emery C. 1899. Fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43: 459-504.
- Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
- IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
- Nsengimana V., K. A. Beth, F. Frederic, K. M. M. Lombart, D. Wouter, and N. Donat. 2018. Use of soil and litter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as biological indicators of soil quality under different land uses in Southern Rwanda. Environmental Entomology 47(6): 1394-1401.
- Ross S. R. P. J., F. Hita Garcia, G. Fischer, and M. K. Peters. 2018. Selective logging intensity in an East African rain forest predicts reductions in ant diversity. Biotropica 1-11.
- Santschi F. 1914. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8: 309-385.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. II. The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 39-269.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004
- Yeo K., and A. Hormenyo. 2007. A Rapid Survey of Ants in Ajenjua Bepo and Mamang River Forest Reserves, Eastern Region of Ghana. Pp 27-29. In McCullough, J., P. Hoke, P. Naskrecki, and Y. Osei-Owusu (eds.). 2008. A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Ajenjua Bepo and Mamang River Forest Reserves, Ghana. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 50. Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA.