Terataner
{{Short description|Genus of ants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Terataner_steinheili_casent0110604_profile_1.jpg
|image_caption = Terataner steinheili worker
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Terataner
|authority = Emery, 1912
|type_species = Atopomyrmex foreli
|type_species_authority = Emery, 1899
|diversity_link = #Species
|diversity = 12 species
|diversity_ref = {{AntCat|429964|Terataner|2014|accessdate=5 July 2014}}
|synonyms = Tranetera Arnold, 1952
}}
Terataner is an African genus of arboreal ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.
Distribution
The 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.
Species
- Terataner alluaudi (Emery, 1895)
- Terataner balrog (Hita, 2017){{cite journal |last1=Hita Garcia |first1=Francisco |last2=Fischer |first2=Georg |last3=Liu |first3=Cong |last4=Audisio |first4=Tracy L. |last5=Alpert |first5=Gary D. |last6=Fisher |first6=Brian L. |last7=Economo |first7=Evan P. |editor-last=Wong |editor-first=William Oki |title=X-Ray microtomography for ant taxonomy: An exploration and case study with two new Terataner (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) species from Madagascar |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=12 |issue=3 |date=22 March 2017 |issn=1932-6203 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0172641 |page=e0172641|pmid=28328931 |pmc=5362212 |bibcode=2017PLoSO..1272641H |doi-access=free }}
- 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
External links
- {{commonscat-inline|Terataner|Terataner}}
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Category:Hymenoptera of Africa
Category:Taxa named by Carlo Emery
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