Published December 31, 1858 | Version v1
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Ponera tarsata

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Description

40. Ponera tarsata. Pl. VI. figs. 15, 16.

Formica tarsata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 280. 38 [[worker]]; Syst. Piez. 408. 53.

Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 200. pl. vii. f. 44. A. [[worker]], B [[queen]].

Halid. Trans, Linn. Soc. xvii. (1837).

Ponera tarsata, St. Farg. Hym. i. 194. 7.

Hab. South America; Demerara; Brazil; Para.

Fabricius appears to be in error in giving the habitat Senegal to this species in the Supplement to the ' Entomologia Systematica,' and it is repeated in the ' Systerna Piezatorum.' I think there can be no doubt that the figure in Latreille's ' Fourmis ' represents the South American species; and Fabricius quotes the figure as representing his F. tarsata. Be this as it may, the more minute description of Latreille is certainly that of the South American species.

Notes

Published as part of Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London :British Museum on page 94

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Biodiversity

Family
Formicidae
Genus
Ponera
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
tarsata
Taxon rank
species