The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior Author Schmidt, C. A. Author Shattuck, S. O. text Zootaxa 2014 2014-06-18 3817 1 1 242 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 d66f1b27-5891-4fa5-96e0-f75cb3ec2445 1175-5326 A3C10B34-7698-4C4D-94E5-DCF70B475603 Species of Paltothyreus Paltothyreus is currently considered to be monotypic, though P. tarsatus has a large number of junior synonyms and subspecies, suggesting significant morphological variation within the species. A careful study of the variation in P. tarsatus could reveal it to be a species complex. P. tarsatus ( Fabricius, 1798 ) : Senegal ( comb. rev. ) P. tarsatus delagoensis Emery, 1899 : Mozambique ( comb. rev. ) P. tarsatus mediana Santschi, 1919 : Congo ( comb. rev. ) P. tarsatus robusta Santschi, 1919 : Somalia ( comb. rev. ) P. tarsatus striatidens Santschi, 1919 : Kenya ( comb. rev. ) P. tarsatus striatus Santschi, 1930 : Benin ( comb. rev. ) P. tarsatus subopaca Santschi, 1919 : Gabon ( comb. rev. )