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Species: Pachycondyla cambouei

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Ponerinae Genus: Pachycondyla

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Bothroponera cambouei Forel, 1891c PDF: 133, pl. 4, fig. 7 (w.q.) MADAGASCAR. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901b PDF: 45.

Biology:

Reproductive biology: A colony (BLF27015) collected in Makirovana in 2012 contained a gamergate (mated egg laying worker) as the sole reproductive.

Taxon Page Author History

On 2013-03-01 19:55:02 brian fisher modified Biology

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 181 times found in rainforest, 152 times found in montane rainforest, 6 times found in littoral rainforest, 10 times found in montane forest, 5 times found in montane rainforest, marsh edge, 3 times found in gallery montane forest, 3 times found in rainforest, transition to montane forest, 3 times found in tropical dry forest, 2 times found in degraded forest, 4 times found in disturbed montane rainforest, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 22 times MW 50 sample transect, 5m, 20 times Malaise Trap, 15 times MW 25 sample transect, 5m, 5 times 9 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 7 times pitfall trap, PF 50 tube sample transect, 5m, 10 times pitfall trap, PF 50 traps, 11 cm dbh with water, soap, formalin, nonlinear placement, 4 times 03 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 2 times 10 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 3 times MW 75 sample transect, 5,10m, 3 times MW, 25 sifted litter, 5 times GC, ...

Elevations: collected from 10 - 1650 meters, 828 meters average