Revision of the African Ants of the Bothroponera pumicosa Species Complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)
Author
Ama JOma
Author
Wp MacKay
text
Sociobiology
2015
62
4
538
563
journal article
39078
10.13102/sociobiology.v62i4.845
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Key to the Afrotropical
Bothroponera
species complexes
1. Metatibial gland present (
Fig 3
); scape extends at least length of first funicular segment past posterior lateral corner of head; lower margin of anterior medial area of clypeus convex; frontal lobes subquadrate ......................................... ......................................................
B. sulcata
species complex
- Metatibial gland absent; scape shorter, barely reaches posterior lateral corner of head or extends past less than length of first funicular segment; lower margin of anterior medial area of clypeus convex, straight or slightly concave; frontal lobes rounded .......…….…………………………………………. 2
The legend for
Map 1
(the terrestrial ecoregions of Africa,
Burgess et al., 2004
), used with permission from Island Press, Washington, D.C.
2(1). Anterior medial margin of clypeus convex, “u” or “v” shaped; eyes relatively large (eye width 0.30 – 0.45 mm, eye length 0.30 – 0.50 mm and malar space area length 0.38 – 0.75 mm) .....………………………
B. pumicosa
species complex
- Anterior margin of clypeus straight or slightly concave or convex but not “v” or “u” shaped; eyes relatively small (eye width 0.10 – 0.35 mm, eye length 0.11 – 0.45 mm and malar space area length 0.12 – 0.51 mm).....
B. talpa
species complex.