''Terataner'' is an African
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of arboreal
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...
s 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
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and one from
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
, nests in cavities of plants near the ground.
Species
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Terataner alluaudi''
(Emery, 1895)
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Terataner balrog''
(Hita, 2017)
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Terataner bottegoi''
(Emery, 1896)
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Terataner elegans''
Bernard, 1953
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Terataner foreli''
(Emery, 1899)
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Terataner luteus''
(Emery, 1899)
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Terataner piceus''
Menozzi, 1942
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Terataner rufipes''
Emery, 1912
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Terataner scotti''
(Forel, 1912)
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Terataner steinheili''
(Forel, 1895)
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Terataner transvaalensis''
Arnold, 1952
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Terataner velatus''
Bolton, 1981
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Terataner xaltus''
Bolton, 1981
References
External links
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Myrmicinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Africa
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