Pseudoneoponera rufipes ceylonensis

Pseudoneoponera rufipes ceylonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Pseudoneoponera
Species:	P. rufipes
Subspecies:	P. rufipes ceylonensis
Trinomial name
	Pseudoneoponera rufipes ceylonensis; (Forel, 1911)

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Sri Lanka (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.

ceylonensis. Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) rufipes subsp. ceylonensis Forel, 1911i: 216 (w.) SRI LANKA.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Peradeniya (K. Escherich).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in Bothroponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 50; Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2;
- combination in Pseudoneoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 135.
- Subspecies of rufipes: Emery, 1911d: 77; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 304.
- Distribution: Sri Lanka.

Description

References

Forel, A. 1911b. Ameisen aus Java beobachtet und gesammelt von Herrn Edward Jacobson. II. Theil. Notes Leyden Mus. 33: 193-218 (page 216, 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).