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Genus: Terataner   Emery, 1912 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

14 species

Terataner Emery, 1912b PDF: 103. Type-species: Atopomyrmex foreli, by original designation. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Terataner in Myrmicinae, Myrmecinini: Emery, 1912b PDF: 105; Emery, 1914e: 41; Forel, 1917 PDF: 244; Wheeler, 1922: 663; Emery, 1924f: 241 [subtribe Podomyrmini]; all subsequent authors to the following.
Terataner in Myrmicinae, Podomyrmini: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79.
Terataner in Myrmicinae, Formicoxenini: Bolton, 1994: 105.
Terataner in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini: Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2015 PDF: 17.
Genus Terataner references
Wheeler, 1922: 885, 1028 (Afrotropical, Malagasy catalogues); Emery, 1924f: 241 (diagnosis, catalogue); Arnold, 1952b PDF: 129 (review of genus); Kugler, 1979b PDF: 260 (sting structure); Bolton, 1981b PDF: 288 (diagnosis, review of genus); Bolton, 1981b PDF: 290 (Afrotropical species revision, key); Bolton, 1981b PDF: 297 (Malagasy species review, key); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1053 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 403 (catalogue); Hita Garcia, Fischer, Liu, Audisio, Alpert, Fisher & Economo, 2017 10.1371/journal.pone.0172641 PDF: 11 (Malagasy species key).

Taxon Page Images:



Splitting open a twig reveals Terataner elegans nest. Kibale forest, Uganda.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)   Genus is native to: Afrotropical, Malagasy bioregions.

Afrotropical Region: Africa, Bundibugyo, Cabo Delgado, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Eastern, Eastern Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kabarole, Kenya, Kilifi, Kwale, Middle Africa, Mozambique, Niari, Nigeria, Pwani, Sangha-Mbaéré, Somalia, South, South Africa, South-West, Tanzania, Uganda, Western, Western Africa
Malagasy Region: Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Comoros, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, Mahajanga, Seychelles, Toamasina, Toliara

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Terataner n. gen  Emery, C., 1912, Etudes sur les Myrmicinae., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 56, pp. 94-105: 103-104, (download) 103-104 3855
Terataner   Santschi, F., 1914, Formicidae., Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911 - 1912). Résultats scientifiques. Hyménoptères 2, pp. 41-148: 72, (download) 72 8111
Terataner   Bolton, B., 1981, A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region., Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 43, pp. 245-307: 288-290, (download) 288-290 6438
Terataner   Bolton, B., 1981, A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region., Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 43, pp. 245-307: 290, (download) 290 6438


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