Paltothyreus
| Paltothyreus | |
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| P. tarsatus worker | |
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| Family: | Formicidae
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| Genus: | Paltothyreus Mayr, 1862
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| Species: | Paltothyreus tarsatus
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| P. tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798)
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| Formica tarsata Fabricius, 1798
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Paltothyreus (also known as African stink ant) is a monotypic genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Paltothyreus tarsatus, the single described species, is widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa. Workers are very large in size (17–20 mm); queens are similar to workers, but larger (23 mm) and winged.[2]
See also[]
- Buniapone, sister genus of Paltothyreus
References[]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Paltothyreus". AntCat. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior". Zootaxa. 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.
External links[]
Media related to Paltothyreus tarsatus at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Ponerinae
- Monotypic ant genera
- Hymenoptera of Africa
- Ponerinae stubs