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]
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| Anoplolepis steingroeveri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Anoplolepis |
| Species: | A. steingroeveri
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| Binomial name | |
| Anoplolepis steingroeveri (Forel, 1894)
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References
edit- ^ "Anoplolepis steingroeveri". AntWeb. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Anoplolepis custodiens". AntWeb. Retrieved 17 September 2020.