Pachycondyla (Bothroponera) crassa (Emery)
Type location Ethiopia (Ponera crassa, n. sp.,
Emery, 1877b: 366, illustrated, worker; photomontage right of
cotype from MCZ website; collector Beccari, from Bogor, in Emery,
1892a: 111); subspecies crassior (Santschi, 1930a: 53,
worker; Santschi, 1930d: 267, male) from Kenya, west side
of Mount Kenya, by Alluaud & Jeannel, 1.ii.1912; and ilgii
(Forel, 1910c: 244, worker) from Ethiopia; worker and male
only (see Bolton, 1995)
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Emery's (1877b) description is at
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Forel's (1910c) description of ilgii is at
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Santschi's (1930a: 54) descriptions of crassior and v andrieui
from Mali (French Sudan, not modern Sudan, Soluba near
Kolouba, by Andrieu) is at
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 WORKER
- TL 7-7.5 mm; head subrectangular; clypeus feebly sinuate in
middle; mandibles finely striate; eyes well developed; overall
subopaque or shining.
Bernard (1952) gave findings at Mount Tô (Camp I), Guinea,
4 workers. He noted that it is common north of the Equator,
especially in Erythrea and Sudan, but absent south of Congo. His
specimens, TL 7 mm, were somewhat different from the type, in
being more shiny, with bronze reflections, and the abdomen with
denser yellow hairs. |
