Extant: 2 valid subspecies
Plagiolepis steingroeveri Forel, 1894b PDF: 72 (w.) NAMIBIA. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
[Misspelled as steingroweri by Santschi, 1914b PDF: 123.].Emery, 1895i PDF: 44 (q.); Arnold, 1922 PDF: 591 (q.m.).Combination in Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis): Santschi, 1914b PDF: 123.Combination in Plagiolepis (Zealleyella): Arnold, 1922 PDF: 590.Combination in Anoplolepis (Anoplolepis): Emery, 1925d PDF: 18.Combination in Anoplolepis (Zealleyella): Santschi, 1926a PDF: 14.Status as species: Emery, 1895i PDF: 44; Forel, 1910f PDF: 449; Forel, 1910e PDF: 23; Forel, 1911g PDF: 287; Arnold, 1922 PDF: 590; Wheeler, 1922: 934, 1036; Stitz, 1923: 164; Emery, 1925d PDF: 18; Santschi, 1930b PDF: 56; Prins, 1982 PDF: 226 (redescription); Marsh, 1986b PDF: 341; Bolton, 1995b: 67; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 267.Senior synonym of Anoplolepis braunsi: Prins, 1982 PDF: 217 (in text); Bolton, 1995b: 67.
Anoplolepis steingroeveri is a species of ant. It is commonly known as the black pugnacious ant. It is native to southern Africa, and occurs in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and Namibia.[1] The worker is similar in appearance to darker morphs of the common pugnacious ant (Anoplolepis custodiens), but that species has a chequer-board-like dark pattern on the gaster, which is caused by reflection of light by pubescent hairs which lie in different directions on the two sides.[2]
Anoplolepis steingroeveri is a species of ant. It is commonly known as the black pugnacious ant. It is native to southern Africa, and occurs in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and Namibia. The worker is similar in appearance to darker morphs of the common pugnacious ant (Anoplolepis custodiens), but that species has a chequer-board-like dark pattern on the gaster, which is caused by reflection of light by pubescent hairs which lie in different directions on the two sides.
