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Tetraponera mocquerysi_cf, Tetraponera mocquerysi biozellata, Tetraponera mocquerysi elongata, Tetraponera mocquerysi lepida, Tetraponera mocquerysi lutea

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Afrotropical Region: Africa, Angola, Bas-Sassandra, Benin, Buikwe, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Centre, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eastern, Eastern Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Haut-Katanga, Huambo, Ituri, Ivory Coast, Kabarole, Kakamega, Kenya, Kigoma, Kwanza Norte, Kwanza Sul, Liberia, Margibi, Middle Africa, Nigeria, Ogooué-Maritime, Ogun, Ouémé, Pool, Sangha-Mbaéré, Sierra Leone, Sironko, South-West, Sud-Kivu, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Wakiso, Western Africa

Distribution Notes:

Reference for Kenya if not type: Karavaiev 1931d (as biozellata)

Notes:

Caste of types: (w)

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 14 times found in moist evergreen forest, 14 times found in rainforest, 6 times found in station clearing, forest edge, 6 times found in coastal lowland rainforest, 6 times found in secondary rainforest, 5 times found in arboretum, 3 times found in rainforest edge, 2 times found in rainforest edge, forest clearing, 3 times found in rainforest, marsh clearing, 1 times found in road edge veg., ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 14 times ex dead twig above ground, 17 times on low vegetation, 4 times forest margin along road, 3 times on low vegetation (foraging on tree trunks and low foliage), 2 times ground forager(s), 2 times ex dead twig, 9 mm external diameter (3 mm internal diameter), 1 times dead stem Erythrina, 1 times on tree trunk late afternoon, foraging on trunk of Trichilia and on adjacent viny shrub (with alternate leaves and two extrafloral nectaries at leaf base) times on low vegetation, 1 times fresh treefall, 1 times forest margin in large clearing, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times search, 4 times EC28 Malaise trap, 3 times sweep, 2 times beating low vegetation, 2 times Nest in twig above ground, 1 times Beat 25 sample transect, 10m, beating low vegetation, 1 times Malaise trap, 1 times MW 50 sample transect, 5m, 1 times pyrethrum knockdown, 1 times 05 Malaise traps, 1 times at light, ...

Elevations: collected from 50 - 1900 meters, 1129 meters average

Type specimens: syntype of Sima mocquerysi: casent0915531; syntype of Tetraponera mocquerysi: casent0904032, casent0913719

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