Euponera fossigera

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Euponera fossigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Euponera
Species: E. fossigera
Binomial name
Euponera fossigera
Mayr, 1901

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Specimen labels

At a Glance • Ergatoid queen  

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -28.9° to -30.27417°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: South Africa (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

Villet (1994) described ergatoid queens

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Nomenclature

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

  • fossigera. Euponera fossigera Mayr, 1901b: 3 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Combination in E. (Mesoponera): Arnold, 1915: 71; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 305; in Euponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 86.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Arnold G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 1-159.
  • Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
  • Joma A. M. A., and W. P. Mackay. 2012. A new species of Afrotropical ants in the genus Bothroponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Psyche 2013: Article ID 917847, (doi:10.1155/2013/917847): 8 pp.