Bothroponera pachyderma (Emery)
  Type location Cameroun
(Pachycondyla (Bothroponera)
pachyderma n. sp., Emery, 1901a: 49, worker & queen; as Bothroponera pachyderma (Emery), in
Wheeler, 1922: 73)
collected by Conradt - no images on Antweb (June 2014).
subspecies
attenata (Pachycondyla
(Bothroponera) pachyderma Em, var. attenata n. var., Santschi, 1920b:
7, worker; note spelt attenuata
by Santschi, 1933b) from Zaïre, N'Gaza, Elskens - see below.
funerea (Bothroponera
pachyderma variety funerea
new variety, Wheeler, 1922: 73, delate queen, see
below) from Zaïre - no images on Antweb (June 2014).
postsquamosa (Pachycondyla
(Bothroponera)
pachyderma Em, var. postsquamosa
n. var., Santschi, 1920b: 7,
worker) from Congo, Lobaye, Reichensperger - no images on
Antweb (June 2014).
worker and queen described (see Bolton,
1995, in Pachycondyla, status
revived Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 76)  .
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Emery's (1901a) description is at  . Santschi's (1920b) descriptions of attenata
and postsquamosa are at  .
WORKER - TL 12-15 mm; mandibles striate; antennal scapes
not reaching to occiput; eyes small; petiolar node sharply truncated
posteriorly; black or brownish black; golden pubescence less pronounced
than in talpa; sculpture coarser.
Wheeler (1922) noted "all the specimens, both workers
and females, have a blood-red, subtriangular spot at the middle of the
posterior border of each gastric segment. I regard Santschi's B.
sculpturata, described from a female, as synonymous with Emery's pachyderma".
He added how the workers were found "under a log. When it was lifted
the ants feigned death".
Described as widespread in the Ghana semi-deciduous
forest zone, from leaf litter sampling, by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b)
but, although found at seven sites, only 16 workers were collected
(1992).
Lévieux & Diomande (1978) in their description of
the activity of Pachycondyla sennaarensis, mention this species
as found at Ferkéssédougou in the Ivory Coast sudan savannah
zone.
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 The
photomontage of a syntype worker of attenata
is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=rmcaent000017727.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Bothroponera pachyderma
B Taylor det. |
Liberia
E Poirier
Liabala
PF 16
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2.iv.2013
Nimba County
07°31’06" N
08°35’34" E
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Pitfall trap
Secondary forest
473 m asl
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2
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Bothroponera pachyderma
B Taylor det. |
Ghana
S Sky Stephens
06g0059
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2006
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In personal
collection of S Sky Stephens
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1
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Bothroponera pachyderma
B Taylor det. |
Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
JP |
18.x.2008
Dzanga-Sangha
03°03'58.3" N
16°08'59.6" E |
528 m; Camp 1;
Journée; Au camp |
1
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Bothroponera pachyderma
B Taylor det. |
Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
MJ
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19.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'45.9"N
16°13'15.0"E
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396 m; nuit, UV, 20h
- 4h, camp transit 2, proche du camp et près du lac 1
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1
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Bothroponera pachyderma
B Taylor det. |
Central African
Republic
P Annoyer
PZ
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30.xi.2010
Dzanga-Sangha
2°28'49.5"N
16°12'55.9"E
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392 m; nuit, à vue,
Sipo trap on tree at mid-trunk, camp de base lac 1, samuel
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1
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Bothroponera pachyderma
B Taylor det.
Queen
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Congo
E Zassi
04-t-2-1
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8-9.xi.2007
Lésio-Louna
03°16'21.7" S
015°28'12.5" E
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Gallery Forest; 24h
pitfall trap
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1
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Ghana, collected by S Sky
Stephens, 2006.
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from the Central African Republic,
Dzanga-Sangha NP, Camp 1; collector Philippe Annoyer (CAR JP).
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 The photomontage is
of a queen from Congo, Réserve
de Lésio-Louna; collector Eric Zassi (t 2.1).
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Note the specimen shown on Antweb as Pachcondyla
pachyderma [http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=sam-hym-c007963&shot=p1&project=]
, identified by W L Brown, clearly is Pachycondyla
sanguinea and I have moved the record to the latter.
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