Hypoponera sulcatinasis (Santschi)

Type location South Africa (Ponera sulcatinasis n. sp., Santschi, 1914e: 4, worker)

worker and queen described (new combination in Hypoponera, in Bolton, 1995) .

Bolton & Fisher (2011: 103) have transferred devota (Ponera spei For. stirps devota n. st., Santschi, 1914e: 5, worker) from South Africa from under Hypoponera spei; suggesting that devota was an immature, tenneral, specimen.. They transferred subspecies durbanensis (Ponera sulcatinasis Sant. r. durbanensis n. stirps, Forel, 1914d: 213, worker) from South Africa to under devota

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Santschi's (1914e) description is at . Forel's (1914d) description of durbanensis is at . Arnold (1926: 204) gave a translation of the type and durbanensis; this is at . Santschi's (1914e) description of devota is at . Arnold (1926: 204) gave a translation of devota; this is at .

WORKER - TL 3.5-3.8 mm; black, appendages and gastral apex reddish.

Bolton & Fisher's re-description can be found in http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2843.html

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0915209.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Hypoponera sulcatinasis B Taylor det.	Hypoponera sulcatinasis B Taylor det.	25-26.i.2004 Grootvadersbosch 33°59.39' S 20°48.32' E	Western Cape, Grootvadersbosch N.R.; 350 m Worker and queen	2
Hypoponera sulcatinasis B Taylor det.	Hypoponera sulcatinasis B Taylor det.	10-11.ii.2004 Mpumalanga 25°13.1' S 30°37' E	Mpumalanga, Sabie env., 1200 m	1

The photomontage is of a worker from South Africa, Western Cape, Grootwedersbosch N.R.; collector Peter Hlavác.

Apart from the larger size, TL ca 3.5 mm, this answers the description given by Santschi.

Queen

The photomontage is of a specimen collected from South Africa, Mpumalanga, Sabie Env.; S 25°13.1' E 30°37'; 1200m; Peter Hlavác, 10-11.ii.2004
Previously listed by me as Hypoponera cognata.

The photomontage is from Bolton & Fisher (2011) and is also on http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0217347.