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Species: Streblognathus aethiopicus   (Smith, 1858) 


Classification:
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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Ponera aethiopica Smith, 1858a PDF: 91, pl. 6, figs. 19, 20 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Streblognathus: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 716.
See also: Arnold, 1915: 41; Robertson, 2002B: 10.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Afrotropical Region: Africa, Eastern Cape, Lesotho, South Africa, Southern Africa

Biology:

 

S. aethiopicus nests often have a large flanged entrance constructed above the ground, without a pebble mound as in S. peetersi. On one rainy day, workers were observed to carry little balls of mud, and sticking them on the entrance flange.

References:

Ware, A. B., S. G. Compton, and H. G. Robertson. 1990. Gamergate reproduction in the ant Streblognathus aethiopicus Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Insectes Sociaux  37: 189-199.

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Streblognathus aethiopicus   Forel, A., 1909, Fourmis du Musée de Bruxelles. Fourmis de Benguela récoltées par M. Creighton Wellman, et fourmis du Congo récoltées par MM. Luja, Kohl et Laurent., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 53, pp. 51-73: 51, (download) 51 4018
Streblognathus aethiopicus   Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12, pp. 649-776: 716, (download) 716 4445
Streblognathus aethiopicus   Robertson, H. G., 2002, Revision of the ant genus Streblognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)., Zootaxa 97, pp. 1-16: 10, (download) 10 20032 GoogleMaps

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: false times found in karoo.

Elevations: collected at 600 m

Type specimens: Holotype of Streblognathus aethiopicus: casent0900675



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