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Mesoponera caffraria affinis, Mesoponera caffraria caffra

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2021)

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Central African Republic, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Afrotropical

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 18 times found in Grassland, 1 times found in montane rainforest, 5 times found in Euclea-Seersia Open Shrubland (in Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld), 6 times found in Kathu Bushveld, dominated by Tarchonanthus camphoratus, 4 times found in Savanna, 2 times found in Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, 5 times found in Lydenburg Montane Grassland, 2 times found in Primary Forest, 3 times found in Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, 1 times found in Garden, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2 times ex rotten log, 2 times Litter, 1 times under stone, 1 times Under rotten log, 1 times nest. und. stone, 2 times leaf litter, 1 times sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), 1 times For. Tree, 1 times ex sifted leaf litter, 1 times ex nest.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 35 times Pitfall trap, 15 times Hand collected, 6 times Winkler, 5 times Pitfall trap, 5 days, 2 times Hand, 1 times Winkler sample, Site 1, W2, 1 times ant ecology sample x60, 1 times Malaise trap, 1 times MW 50 sample transect, 5m, 1 times Pitfall, Baits, Litter sieving/Winkler, Aspirator.

Elevations: collected from 175 - 2400 meters, 1070 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1960-09-13 and 2019-11-12

Type specimens: Holotype of Pachycondyla caffraria: casent0902479; syntype of Ponera guineensis: casent0913726, casent0915251

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