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Species: Pachycondyla wasmannii

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Ponerinae Genus: Pachycondyla

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Bothroponera wasmannii Forel, 1887 PDF: 383 (w.) MADAGASCAR. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Forel, 1897d PDF: 196 (q.m.).

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

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 174 times found in tropical dry forest, 79 times found in rainforest, 36 times found in gallery forest, 28 times found in tropical dry forest on Tsingy, 28 times found in littoral rainforest, 19 times found in montane rainforest, 6 times found in Gallery forest on sandy soil, 2 times found in transition humid forest, 5 times found in Uapaca woodland, 3 times found in disturbed forest, in tsingy, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 36 times MW 50 sample transect, 5m, 20 times malaise trap, 29 times pitfall trap, PF 50 traps, 11 cm dbh with water, soap, formalin, nonlinear placement, 13 times MW 25 sample transect, 5m, 5 times 10 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 2 times 9 MaxiWinks, mixed samples, 3 times 9 maxi winks, 2 times MW 75 sample transect, 5,10m, 2 times Malaise trap, 5 traps, 3 times MW 20 sample transect, 5m, 3 times general collecting, ...

Elevations: collected from 10 - 1550 meters, 316 meters average