Current View: All Antweb
Change View
Cite this page

Citing AntWeb

X

To cite this page, please use the following:

· For print: . Accessed

· For web:


Species: Ophthalmopone hottentota   (Emery, 1886) 


Classification:
Compare Images
Download Data

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Pachycondyla hottentota Emery, 1886b PDF: 360 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Arnold, 1915: 52 (m.).
Combination in Ophthalmopone: Emery, 1902c: 30; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 306; in Ophthalmopone: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 PDF: 124.
Senior synonym of Pachycondyla lanceolata: Emery, 1902c: 30.

Taxon Page Images:

Ophthalmopone hottentota. Tygerberg Nature Reserve, Cape Town, South Africa: 2 February 2017. Photo and collection by Philip Herbst

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Afrotropical Region: Africa, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Western Cape

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in succulent karoo.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times ground forager(s).

Elevations: collected at 750 m

Type specimens: syntype of Pachycondyla hottentota: casent0903879



See something amiss? Send us an email.
Enlarge Map