Bothriomyrmex salsurae

Bothriomyrmex salsurae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Bothriomyrmex
Species:	B. salsurae
Binomial name
	Bothriomyrmex salsurae; Donisthorpe, 1944

Last updated October 20, 2019

Bothriomyrmex salsurae is a species of ant in the genus Bothriomyrmex . Described by Donisthorpe in 1944, the species is endemic to Algeria.^[1]

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the Cretaceous period, about 140 million years ago, and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than 12,500 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified. They are easily identified by their elbowed antennae and the distinctive node-like structure that forms their slender waists.

Bothriomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.

Horace St. John Kelly Donisthorpe was an eccentric British myrmecologist and coleopterist, memorable in part for his enthusiastic championing of the renaming of the genus Lasius after him as Donisthorpea, and for his many claims of discovering new species of beetles and ants. He is often considered to be the greatest figure in British myrmecology.

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Bothriomyrmex emarginatus is a species of ant in the genus Bothriomyrmex. Described by Santschi in 1911, the species is endemic to Tunisia.

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Bothriomyrmex pubens is a species of ant in the genus Bothriomyrmex. Described by Santschi in 1919, the species is endemic to Algeria and Tunisia.

Bothriomyrmex regicidus is a species of ant in the genus Bothriomyrmex. Described by Santschi in 1919, the species is endemic to Algeria and Tunisia.

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References

↑ Donisthorpe, H. 1944e. A new species of Bothriomyrmex Emery (Hym. Formicidae), and some notes on the genus. Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. Ser.13: 100-103 PDF (page 100, worker, queen, male described)

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[1] Donisthorpe, H. 1944e. A new species of Bothriomyrmex Emery (Hym. Formicidae), and some notes on the genus. Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. Ser.13: 100-103 PDF (page 100, worker, queen, male described)