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Anoplolepis steingroeveri

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Anoplolepis steingroeveri
Anoplolepis steingroeveri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Anoplolepis
Species:
A. steingroeveri
Binomial name
Anoplolepis steingroeveri
(Forel, 1894)

Anoplolepis steingroeveri is a species of ant. It is commonly known as the black pugnacious ant. It is native to southern Africa, and occurs in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and Namibia.[1] The worker is similar in appearance to darker morphs of the common pugnacious ant (Anoplolepis custodiens), but that species has a chequer-board-like dark pattern on the gaster, which is caused by reflection of light by pubescent hairs which lie in different directions on the two sides.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Anoplolepis steingroeveri". AntWeb. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Anoplolepis custodiens". AntWeb. Retrieved 17 September 2020.