Terataner is an African genus of arboreal ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2]
| Terataner | |
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| Terataner steinheili worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Terataner Emery, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Atopomyrmex foreli Emery, 1899
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 12 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tranetera Arnold, 1952 | |
Distribution
editThe genus is can be separated into two groups based on distribution and behavior. Both groups are known from the Afrotropics, with the west African group nesting in rotten parts of standing trees, often high above the ground. The other group, consisting of species from east Africa, Madagascar and one from South Africa, nests in cavities of plants near the ground.[3]
Species
edit- Terataner alluaudi (Emery, 1895)
- Terataner balrog (Hita, 2017)[4]
- Terataner bottegoi (Emery, 1896)
- Terataner elegans Bernard, 1953
- Terataner foreli (Emery, 1899)
- Terataner luteus (Emery, 1899)
- Terataner piceus Menozzi, 1942
- Terataner rufipes Emery, 1912
- Terataner scotti (Forel, 1912)
- Terataner steinheili (Forel, 1895)
- Terataner transvaalensis Arnold, 1952
- Terataner velatus Bolton, 1981
- Terataner xaltus Bolton, 1981
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Terataner". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Terataner". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. (2013). "The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography". Journal of East African Natural History. 101 (2): 127. doi:10.2982/028.101.0201. S2CID 84797311.
- ^ Hita Garcia, Francisco; Fischer, Georg; Liu, Cong; Audisio, Tracy L.; Alpert, Gary D.; Fisher, Brian L.; Economo, Evan P. (22 March 2017). Wong, William Oki (ed.). "X-Ray microtomography for ant taxonomy: An exploration and case study with two new Terataner (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) species from Madagascar". PLOS ONE. 12 (3): e0172641. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1272641H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172641. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5362212. PMID 28328931.
External links
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