The Ants of Africa
Genus Terataner
Terataner bottegoi (Emery)
{Terataner bottegoi}

Terataner bottegoi (Emery)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Somalia (Atopomyrmex bottegoi, Emery, 1896i: 341, illustrated, worker); worker only described (Bolton, 1981b, see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1896i) description is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1981b) is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 4.8-6.0 mm

Other records listed by Bolton (1981b) were from Kenya and Tanzania.

{Terataner bottegoi}The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0102227
Collection Information: Specimen Code CASENT0102227; Locality Tanzania: [Mbudya I. 18km NNW Dar Es Salaam]; 06°39'00"S 039°15'00"E <5 m; Collection codes: PSW11256; Date: 26 Dec 1990; Collected by: P.S.Ward Method: on low vegn.; Habitat: littoral vegn.

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