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Mesoponera elisae rotundata
| Mesoponera elisae rotundata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Mesoponera |
| Species: | M. elisae |
| Subspecies: | M. elisae rotundata |
| Trinomial name | |
| Mesoponera elisae rotundata (Emery, 1895)
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| Synonyms | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.17° to -30.4°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality), Zimbabwe.
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
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- rotundata. Ponera elisae var. rotundata Emery, 1895h: 20 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: holotype(?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: South Africa: Bloemfontein, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Arnold, 1915: 71 (q.).
- Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1901a: 46;
- combination in E. (Xiphopelta): Forel, 1913j: 206;
- combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 309;
- combination in Mesoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 110.
- Subspecies of elisae: Emery, 1911d: 81; Forel, 1913j: 206; Arnold, 1915: 70; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 775; Santschi, 1935b: 260 (in key); Santschi, 1937d: 215; Bolton, 1995b: 309.
- Senior synonym of arnoldi: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 776; Bolton, 1995b: 309.
- Distribution: Angola, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
- arnoldi. Ponera (Xiphopelta) arnoldi Forel, 1913a: 108 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo (G. Arnold).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Junior synonym of rotundata: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 776; Bolton, 1995b: 303.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 14: 1-159 (page 71, queen described)
- 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 309, Combination in Pachycondyla)
- Emery, C. 1895i. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 64: 15-56 (page 20, worker described)
- 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 Euponera (Mesoponera))
- 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).
- Forel, A. 1913k. Ameisen aus Rhodesia, Kapland usw. (Hym.) gesammelt von Herrn G. Arnold, Dr. H. Brauns und Anderen. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1913(Su Suppl: 203-225 (page 206, Combination in E. (Xiphopelta))
- Santschi, F. 1937d. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Rev. Suisse Zool. 44: 211-250 (page 217, Stirps of elisae)
- 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. 1922j. 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. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 776, Senior synonym of arnoldi)