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Taxonomic History

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Atopomyrmex foreli Emery, 1899e PDF: 274, figs. (w.m.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy. Primary type information: Madagascar, Toamasina, Baie d'Antongil, coll. Mocquerys; CASENT0102093; MSNG AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Terataner: Emery, 1912b PDF: 103.
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Diagnostic Description

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Atopomyrmex foreli Emery , 1900: 274, figs. Syntype workers, Madagascar: Baia di Antongil, 1897 - 98 (A. Mocquerys) (MCSN, Genoa) [examined],

Terantaner foreli (Emery) Emery, 1912: 103.

Terantaner rufipes Emery (Fig. 53)

Terataner rufipes Emery , 1912: 104. Holotype worker, Madagascar: Fort Dauphin (M. Sikora) (MCSN, Genoa) [examined].

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Bolton, B., 1981, A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region., Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, pp. 245-307, vol. 43
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Diagnostic Description

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is a medium-sized (5.3 mm) black and orange species distributed along the eastern coast of Madagascar from 14 ° S to 19 ° S latitude and from 50 to 800 meters altitude. Morphologically, it is more variable than other species presently known from Madagascar, and has the widest distribution.

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Alpert, G. D., 1992, Observations on the genus Terataner in Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Psyche, pp. 117-127, vol. 99
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