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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ponerinae
›
Ponerini
›
Bothroponera
›
Bothroponera soror
Bothroponera
soror
(Emery, 1899)
valid
Ponera (Bothroponera) soror
Emery, 1899d
: 472 (w.q.) CAMEROON. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Joma & Mackay, 2017
: 43). Type-locality: lectotype Cameroon: Lolodorf [3°14'0'' N; 10°44'0'' E], 1895 (
L. Conradt
). Type-depository:
MSNG
.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 8 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype queens. Type-locality: same as for lectotype. Type-depository:
MSNG
.
Lectotype designation:
Joma & Mackay, 2017
: 43.
Menozzi, in
Eidmann, 1944
: 432 (m.l.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952c
: 623 (l.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971c
: 390 (l.)
Combination in
Pachycondyla (Bothroponera)
:
Emery, 1901b
: 46.
Combination in
Pachycondyla
:
Brown, 1995a
: 309.
Combination in
Bothroponera
:
Wheeler, 1922
: 74;
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
: 77.
Status as species:
Stitz, 1910
: 129;
Santschi, 1910c
: 350;
Emery, 1911e
: 78;
Forel, 1913a
: 110;
Forel, 1913b
: 306;
Arnold, 1915
: 59 (redescription);
Wheeler, 1922
: 74, 772;
Santschi, 1930a
: 53;
Santschi, 1930b
: 60;
Santschi, 1937d
: 215;
Santschi, 1937g
: 74;
Menozzi, 1942a
: 166;
Weber, 1943d
: 298;
Eidmann, 1944
: 431;
Arnold, 1952a
: 462 (in key);
Bernard, 1953b
: 188;
Prins, 1963
: 98;
Bolton, 1995b
: 309;
Hita Garcia
et al.
, 2013
: 221;
Joma & Mackay, 2017
: 43 (redescription).
Senior synonym of
Bothroponera lamottei
:
Joma & Mackay, 2017
: 43.
Senior synonym of
Bothroponera soror suturalis
:
Joma & Mackay, 2017
: 43.
Junior synonyms
Bothroponera lamottei
Bernard, 1953
Obsolete combination(s):
Pachycondyla lamottei
Bothroponera soror suturalis
(Forel, 1907)
Obsolete combination(s):
Pachycondyla soror suturalis
Obsolete combinations
Pachycondyla soror
Ponera soror
Citations
Arnold, G.
1915.
A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae.
Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159.
PDF
Arnold, G.
1952a.
New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 10.
Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2:460-493.
PDF
Bernard, F.
1953b ("1952").
La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae.
Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr.
1995a.
[Untitled. Taxonomic changes in
Pachycondyla
and
Neoponera
attributed to Brown.].
Pp. 302-311 in:
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Eidmann, H.
1944.
Die Ameisenfauna von Fernando Poo. 27. Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Westafrika-Expedition.
Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 76:413-490.
PDF
Emery, C.
1899d.
Fourmis d'Afrique.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43:459-504.
PDF
Emery, C.
1901b.
Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides).
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:32-54.
PDF
Emery, C.
1911e.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae.
Genera Insectorum 118:1-125.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913a.
Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:108-147.
PDF
Forel, A.
1913b.
Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc.
Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 2:306-351.
PDF
Hita Garcia, F.
;
Wiesel, E.
;
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.
PDF
Joma, A. M. A.
;
Mackay, W. P.
2017.
Revision of the African ants of the
Bothroponera sulcata
species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae).
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 143:7-71.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1942a.
Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940.
Zoologischer Anzeiger 140:164-182.
PDF
Prins, A. J.
1963.
A list of the ants collected in the Kruger National Park with notes on their distribution.
Koedoe 6:91-108.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1910c ("1909").
Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1930a.
Description de Formicides éthiopiens nouveaux ou peu connus. V.
Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 70:49-77.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1930b.
Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37:53-81.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1937d.
Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises.
Revue Suisse de Zoologie 44:211-250.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1937g.
Fourmis du Congo et régions limitrophes.
Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 30:71-85.
PDF
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):1-242.
10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1
PDF
Stitz, H.
1910.
Westafrikanische Ameisen. I.
Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5:125-151.
PDF
Weber, N. A.
1943d.
The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93:263-389.
PDF
Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1952c.
The ant larvae of the subfamily Ponerinae - Part II.
American Midland Naturalist 48:604-672.
PDF
Wheeler, G. C.
;
Wheeler, J.
1971c.
The larvae of the ant genus
Bothroponera
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 73:386-394.
PDF
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1922.
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