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- Title
Revision of the African ants of the Bothroponera sulcata species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae).
- Authors
JOMA, ABDULMENEEM M. A.; MACKAY, WILLIAM P.
- Abstract
The Bothroponera sulcata ant species complex is distributed in Afrotropical areas, including tropical and subtropical ecosystems and is part of a poorly known group of ants. The sulcata species complex now includes 10 species, including 3 new species, 2 taxa elevated to species status and 7 new synonyms: B. ancilla Emery, B. crassa Emery, B. crassior Santschi (= B. ilgii syn. nov., Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) crassa st. crassior var. andrieui referred here), B. kruegeri Forel (= B. asina syn. nov., = B. rhodesiana syn. nov.), B. notaula (sp. nov.), B. picardi Forel, B. pilosupericia (sp. nov.), B. ryderae (sp. nov.), B. silvestrii Santschi (= B. kenyensis syn. nov., = B. nimba syn. nov.) and B. soror Emery (= B. lamottei syn. nov., = B. suturalis (syn. nov.). The main deining character of this complex is the presence of a metatibial gland; however, there are other characters such as the shape of the anterior clypeal border, mandible surface and shape, teeth number and posterior dorsopropodeal shape (broadly or strongly curved or angulated). Diagnosis, comparisons, illustrations, distributions and other information about the species are provided with a key for the worker caste.
- Subjects
PACHYCONDYLA; MYRMECOLOGY; INSECT societies; SYMPATRIC speciation; ANTS
- Publication
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 2017, Vol 143, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
0002-8320
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3157/061.143.0103