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Species: Pachycondyla luteipes

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Ponerinae Genus: Pachycondyla

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

1 subspecies

Ponera luteipes Mayr, 1862 PDF: 722 (w.q.) INDIA (Nicobar Is). AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Forel, 1900f PDF: 326 (m.); Imai & Yosida, 1965 PDF: 64 (k.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976a PDF: 47 (l.).

Combination in Euponera (Brachyponera): Emery, 1900b PDF: 315; Emery, 1911e PDF: 84; Wheeler, 1919f PDF: 56; in Brachyponera: Bingham, 1903 PDF: 101; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 307.

Current subspecies: nominal plus Pachycondyla luteipes continentalis.

Distribution:

Nicobar Is., Japan, Philippines, Sumatra, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, India, Java, Vietnam

Taxon Page Author History

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in upland forest litter, SE edge of swamp forest, 1 times found in Winkle 1m2 - #3 uphill more; canopy a little shorter, no tree ferns in immediate vicinity; 1-2cm leaf litter, 1 times found in riparian forest litter N. bank Ngarmeskang R., 1 times found in - leaf litter ~7cm deep, 1 times found in riparian forest litter

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 7 times Hand-Collected from 1 square meter of sifted leaf litter, 1 times 1 sq meter leaf litter winkler extraction