Hypoponera rothkirchi (Wasmann)
  Type location Cameroun
(Ponera Rothkirchi, Wasmann, 1918b: 145, "ergatoid queen";
worker, by Santschi, 1926b: 208) collected at Soppo by v.
Rothkirch, 1912 - no images on Antweb (January 2015); queen later
described from Fernando Po
(Menozzi, 1944: 434)
New combination in Hypoponera, in
Bolton, 1995)  .
Bolton & Fisher (2011: 43) place it as a junior
synonym of Hypoponera
dulcis. I feel, however, that their synonymy is unjustified,
with H. rothkirchi clearly
being a different golden-yellow colour to the type form dulcis. Their pale form specimen
used to illustrate their paper is shown below.
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 Wasmann's
(1918b) name, without description, simply
denoted as an ergatoid female found with Hypoponera
myrmicariae, is at  . Santschi's (1926b: 208) provided a brief
note, accompanying an illustration of rothkirchi, as sent to
him by Wasmann, this is at  .
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Hypoponera rothkirchi
B Taylor det.
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Cameroun
A Fotso Kuate
Pachycondyla sp4
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9.v.2008
Awae II
03°54'30" N
11°25'58" E
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Quadrat in forest
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1
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Hypoponera rothkirchi
B Taylor det. |
Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 195
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17-22.v.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
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Leaf litter, winkler
funnel
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2
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Hypoponera rothkirchi
B Taylor det. |
Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 182
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8.vi-20.vi.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
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Pongara Base;
winkler funnel
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4
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Hypoponera rothkirchi
B Taylor det. |
Congo
Y Braet
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Brazzaville area –
ca.
4°15'33" S
15°17'5" E
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Hand collection
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2
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Hypoponera muscicola
B Taylor det.
Queen
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Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
FZ |
15.ii.2005
Dzanga-Sangha
02°53'25.9" N
16°10'26.4" E
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409 m; Camp 5;
18h-6h m Au camp
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1
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Gabon, Pongara National
Park; collector Yves Braet (Gabon 182).
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 The photomontage is of
one of two workers from Congo, Brazzaville area; hand collector
Yves Braet, 2007.
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 The photomontage is of a
worker from Cameroun, Awae II; collector A Fotso Kuate (fk
pachycondyla sp 4).
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 The photomontage is
of a queen from the Central
African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; Camp 6; 02°55'04.8" N
16°10'09.7 E; collector Philippe Annoyer.
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 The photomontage of a worker from Gabon, Monts Doudou,
9.iii.2000, B L Fisher; is from Bolton &
Fisher (2011) and is also on http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0226572.
This specimen appears to match those I interpret as rothkirchi.
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