Orectognathus velutinus

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Orectognathus velutinus Taylor, 1977 valid

Orectognathus velutinus Taylor, 1977: 610, figs. 37-42 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Northern District, Tagao Road, ca 17.7 km. E of Popondetta (8°46’S, 148°05’E), 10.v.1973, primary lowland rainforest (P.M. Room). Primary type depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: ANIC.

Status as species: Taylor, 1978b: 10 (in key); Taylor, 1980a: 788; Bolton, 1995b: 301; Bolton, 2000: 25.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.
Taylor, R. W. 1977. New ants of the Australasian genus Orectognathus, with a key to the known species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 25:581-612. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1978b. A taxonomic guide to the ant genus Orectognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 3:1-11. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1980a ("1979"). New Australian ants of the genus Orectognathus, with summary description of the twenty-nine known species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 27:773-788. PDF

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