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Species: Pachycondyla sennaarensis

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Ponerinae Genus: Pachycondyla

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

2 subspecies

Ponera sennaarensis Mayr, 1862 PDF: 721 (w.) SUDAN. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Santschi, 1910c PDF: 350 (q.); Forel, 1910c PDF: 245 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b PDF: 1207 (l.).

Combination in Euponera (Brachyponera): Emery, 1901b PDF: 47; in Brachyponera: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b PDF: 1207; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 309.

Senior synonym of Pachycondyla sorghi: Wheeler, 1922: 777; Menozzi, 1930b PDF: 80.

Current subspecies: nominal plus Pachycondyla sennaarensis decolor, Pachycondyla sennaarensis ruginota.

Distribution:

Reference for Kenya if not type: Forel 1907g

Notes:

Caste of types: (q)

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 3 times found in roadside desert 7pm, 2 times found in date farm, 1 times found in Rocky brush along wash, 1 times found in unknown origin, 1 times found in banana field next to dry steam, 1 times found in irrigated date and olive trees, 1 times found in intensively used maize field, 1 times found in river bank vegetation

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 1 times light trap, 3 times water traps, 1 times pitfall trap, Transect 26 150m

Elevations: collected from 379 - 1650 meters, 656 meters average