Streblognathus aethiopicus (Smith 1858) articles

Biology

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S. aethiopicus nests often have a large flanged entrance constructed above the ground, without a pebble mound as in S. peetersi. On one rainy day, workers were observed to carry little balls of mud, and sticking them on the entrance flange.

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Taxonomic History

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Ponera aethiopica Smith, 1858a PDF: 91, pl. 6, figs. 19, 20 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic. Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: South Africa: 40.6.26.613 (no further data) (no collector’s name). Type-depository: BMNH. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Emery, 1899d PDF: 468 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1989b PDF: 53 (l.).Combination in Streblognathus: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 716.Status as species: Roger, 1861a PDF: 11; Mayr, 1862 PDF: 716; Roger, 1863b PDF: 19; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 454; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 31; Emery, 1899d PDF: 468; Forel, 1909b PDF: 51; Forel, 1910e PDF: 3; Emery, 1911e PDF: 61; Santschi, 1914e: 3; Arnold, 1915: 41; Wheeler, 1922: 763; Arnold, 1926 PDF: 200; Bolton, 1995b: 395; Robertson, 2002b: 10 (redescription).

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Diagnostic Description

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— [[ worker ]]. — Basutos (coll. Tosquinet).

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bibliographic citation: Forel, A., 1909, Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, pp. 51-73, vol. 53
author: Forel, A.

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Diagnostic Description

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Ohne Vaterlandsangabe im M. C. Vienn.

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bibliographic citation: Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, pp. 649-776, vol. 12
author: Mayr, G.

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