BARRY BOLTON’S ANT CATALOGUE, 2020

PALTOTHYREUS delagoensis. Paltothyreus tarsatus var. delagoensis Emery, 1899e: 468 (w.q.) MOZAMBIQUE. Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”), 1 syntype queen. Type-locality: Mozambique: Delagoa Bay (Staudinger & Bang-Haas). Type-depository: MSNG. Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 304; combination in Paltothyreus: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 127. Subspecies of tarsatus: Emery, 1911d: 62; Santschi, 1914b: 48; Arnold, 1915: 45; Santschi, 1919h: 80; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 765; Santschi, 1925h: 159; Menozzi, 1927f: 357; Santschi, 1930b: 54; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 60; Bolton, 1995b: 304; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 221. Distribution: Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. gagates. Ponera gagates Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 423 (w.) SENEGAL. Type-material: holotype(?) worker. [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.] Type-locality: Senegal: banks of the (River) Casamance (no collector’s name). Type-depository: MNHN. Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 90. Junior synonym of tarsatus: Roger, 1860: 310; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1863: 440; Forel, 1891b: 136; Dalla Torre, 1893: 32; Emery, 1911d: 62; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 764; Bolton, 1995b: 305; Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 545. kaya. Pachycondyla tarsata kaya Özdikmen, 2010c: 997. Unnecessary replacement name for Paltothyreus tarsatus striatus Santschi, 1930a: 53. Subspecies of tarsatus: Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 221. Junior synonym of striatus Santschi, 1930a: 53. medianus. Paltothyreus tarsatus var. mediana Santschi, 1919h: 80 (w.q.m.) CONGO, ANGOLA, CAMEROON. Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated), 1 syntype male. Type-locality: Congo: Brazzaville (Weiss). Type-depository: NHMB. Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 307; combination in Paltothyreus: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 127. Subspecies of tarsatus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 765; Santschi, 1925h: 159; Santschi, 1930b: 59; Santschi, 1937b: 94; Santschi, 1937d: 214; Bolton, 1995b: 307. Distribution: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Zimbabwe. pestilentia. Ponera pestilentia Smith, F. 1858b: 92 (w.) SIERRA LEONE. Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (D.F. Morgan). Type-depository: BMNH. Status as species: Radoszkowsky, 1881: 199. Junior synonym of tarsatus: Roger, 1860: 310; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1863: 440; Forel, 1891b: 136; Dalla Torre, 1893: 32; Emery, 1911d: 62; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 764; Bolton, 1995b: 308; Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 545. robustus. Paltothyreus tarsatus var. robusta Santschi, 1919h: 81 (w.q.) SOMALIA. Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Type-locality: Somalia: Buarsangueli (Revoil). Type-depository: NHMB. Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 309; combination in Paltothyreus: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 127. As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 765. Subspecies of tarsatus: Bolton, 1995b: 309. Distribution: Somalia. simillima. Pachycondyla simillima Smith, F. 1858b: 105, pl. 7, fig. 17 (q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Type-material: holotype queen. [Note: holotype is badly damaged.] Type-locality: South Africa: Cape of Good Hope (F. Smith). Type-depository: BMNH. Combination in Ponera (Pachycondyla): Roger, 1861a: 6; combination in Paltothyreus: Mayr, 1886c: 358. Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 6; Roger, 1863b: 18; Mayr, 1863: 439; Mayr, 1886c: 358. Junior synonym of tarsatus: Emery, 1892d: 557; Dalla Torre, 1893: 32; Emery, 1901a: 38; Emery, 1911d: 62; Arnold, 1915: 44; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 764; Bolton, 1995b: 309; Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 545. spiniventris. Ponera spiniventris Smith, F. 1858b: 92 (m.) SIERRA LEONE. Type-material: holotype male. Type-locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (D.F. Morgan). Type-depository: BMNH. [Note: Smith, F. 1858b: 92, states, “In all probability this is the male of P. pestilentia.”] Junior synonym of tarsatus: Roger, 1860: 310; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1863: 440; Forel, 1891b: 136; Emery, 1892d: 557; Dalla Torre, 1893: 32; Emery, 1911d: 62; Arnold, 1915: 44; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 764; Bolton, 1995b: 310; Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 545. striatidens. Paltothyreus tarsatus var. striatidens Santschi, 1919h: 81 (w.q.) KENYA. Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Type-locality: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Kibwey (Ch. Alluaud). Type-depository: NHMB. Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 310; combination in Paltothyreus: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 127. As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 765. Subspecies of tarsatus: Menozzi, 1926a: 37; Menozzi, 1927f: 357; Menozzi, 1930b: 79; Bolton, 1995b: 310. Distribution: Kenya, Somalia. striatus. Paltothyreus tarsatus var. striatus Santschi, 1930a: 53 (w.) BENIN. Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-locality: Benin (“Dahomey”): Savalou (Chambon). Type-depository: NHMB. Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 310; combination in Paltothyreus: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 127. Subspecies of tarsatus: Bolton, 1995b: 310; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 221. Senior synonym of kaya Özdikmen, 2010c: 997 (unnecessary replacement name). Distribution: Benin, Kenya. subopacus. Paltothyreus tarsatus var. subopaca Santschi, 1919h: 80 (w.q.) GABON. Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Type-locality: Gabon: Sam-Kito (F. Faure). Type-depository: NHMB. Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 310; combination in Paltothyreus: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 127. Subspecies of tarsatus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 765; Santschi, 1937b: 93; Bolton, 1995b: 310. Distribution: Cameroon, Congo, Gabon. tarsatus. Formica tarsata Fabricius, 1798: 280 (w.) SENEGAL (“Habitat in Insula Goré Africae”). Type-material: holotype(?) worker. [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.] Type-locality: Senegal: Gorée I. (no collector’s name). Type-depository: ZMUC. Latreille, 1802c: 202 (q.); Mayr, 1866b: 894 (m.). Combination in Ponera: Latreille, 1809: 128; Latreille, 1818c: 570; Lepeletier de Saint- Fargeau, 1835: 194; Haliday, 1836: 329; combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 310; combination in Paltothyreus: Mayr, 1862: 736; Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 127. Status as species: Latreille, 1802c: 200; Fabricius, 1804: 408; Lepeletier de Saint- Fargeau, 1835: 194; Haliday, 1836: 329; Smith, F. 1858b: 94; Roger, 1860: 310; Roger, 1861b: 166; Mayr, 1862: 736; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1863: 440; Mayr, 1866b: 894; Forel, 1891b: 136 (redescription); Forel, 1892e: 352; Emery, 1892a: 111; Emery, 1892d: 557; Dalla Torre, 1893: 32; Mayr, 1893: 200; Forel, 1894b: 74; Emery, 1894i: 46; Emery, 1895a: 177; André, 1895a: 3; Mayr, 1895: 125; Mayr, 1896: 231; Emery, 1896i: 155; Emery 1897e: 597; Emery, 1899a: 500; Mayr, 1907b: 8; Forel, 1907g: 75; Forel, 1909b: 51, 64; Santschi, 1910c: 350; Forel, 1910f: 3; Stitz, 1910: 129; Emery, 1911d: 62; Stitz, 1911b: 377; Forel, 1911d: 361; Emery, 1912c: 1; Forel, 1913b: 308; Forel, 1913e: 666; Forel, 1913h: 347; Santschi, 1914b: 47; Santschi, 1914d: 313; Santschi, 1914e: 4; Arnold, 1915: 44 (redescription); Stitz, 1916: 371; Santschi, 1919h: 79; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 60, 763; Stitz, 1923: 143; Viehmeyer, 1923: 86; Menozzi, 1933a: 96; Santschi, 1939f: 160; Menozzi, 1942: 166; Weber, 1943c: 294; Eidmann, 1944: 469; Bernard, 1953b: 187; Hölldobler, 1980: 86; Bolton, 1995b: 310; Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 545 (redescription); Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 221. Senior synonym of gagates: Roger, 1860: 310; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1863: 440; Forel, 1891b: 136; Dalla Torre, 1893: 32; Emery, 1911d: 62; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 764; Bolton, 1995b: 310; Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 545. Senior synonym of pestilentia: Roger, 1860: 310; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1863: 440; Forel, 1891b: 136; Dalla Torre, 1893: 32; Emery, 1911d: 62; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 764; Bolton, 1995b: 310; Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 545. Senior synonym of simillima: Emery, 1892d: 557; Dalla Torre, 1893: 32; Emery, 1901a: 38; Emery, 1911d: 62; Arnold, 1915: 44; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 764; Bolton, 1995b: 310; Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 545. Senior synonym of spiniventris: Roger, 1860: 310; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1863: 440; Forel, 1891b: 136; Emery, 1892d: 557; Dalla Torre, 1893: 32; Emery, 1911d: 62; Arnold, 1915: 44; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 764; Bolton, 1995b: 310; Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 545. Distribution: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cental African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania (+ Zanzibar), Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Current subspecies: nominal plus delagoensis, medianus, robustus, striatidens, striatus, subopacus.