Specimen: CASENT0101783 Harpegnathos saltator    

Persistent Identifier:

https://www.antweb.org/specimen/CASENT0101783

Notes:

Clint Penick notes with regards to species identification: I have come across this ant in the same area where H. saltator is found, but they are clearly distinct in having a dark colored head. I was always under the impression that this was a separate Harpegnathos species, and while rearing large numbers of H. saltator colonies in the lab, I have never come across a worker with this coloration. In the field, I have found these dark-headed Harpegnathos foraging in grassy areas, while H. saltator primarily forages in forested areas or along forest edges.

Species Distribution Status: Native

Locality Information:

• Biogeographic Region:
• Indomalaya

• Locality:
• Shimoga Dist:

• Country:
• India

• Adm1:
• Karnataka

• Latitude:
• 0.0

• Longitude:
• 0.0

• Lat/Long Max Error:

• Elevation

• Elevation Max Error:

• Locality Notes:

Collection Information:

• Collection code:
• ANTC3080  

• Collected by:
• MW Moffett  

• Date collected:
• 27 Mar 1981

• Date collected end:

• Habitat:
•  

• Method:

• Microhabitat:
• Forests overlooking Jog Falls

• Collection notes:

Specimen Information:

• Life stage:
• 2 workers

• Located at:
• MHNG

• Owned by:
• MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland

• Determined by:

• Date determined:

• Type status:

• Medium:
• pin

• DNA notes:

• Specimen notes:

• Specimen data uploaded by:
• California Academy of Sciences

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