Paraparatrechina bufona

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Paraparatrechina bufona (Wheeler, 1922) valid

Pseudolasius bufonum Wheeler, 1922: 220, fig. 55 (s.w.q.m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of LaPolla, 2005a: 98). Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Medje, from stomachs of toads (H.O. Lang). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype major workers, 7 paralectotype minor workers, 4 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, USNM. Type notes: 1) Original syntype series: 4 major workers, 11 minor workers, 3 queens, 8 males. 2) LaPolla, 2005a: 98, excludes 2 queens of the original series as misidentifications, and adds that some syntypes are missing.

Lectotype designation: LaPolla, 2005a: 98.
Combination in Paraparatrechina: LaPolla et al., 2010a: 128.
Status as species: Menozzi, 1924c: 226 (in key); Emery, 1925d: 216; Bolton, 1995b: 370; LaPolla, 2005a: 98 (redescription); LaPolla et al., 2010: 3 (in key); LaPolla & Fisher, 2014a: 141 (in key).

Obsolete combinations

Pseudolasius bufonum

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2005a ("2004"). Taxonomic review of the ant genus Pseudolasius (Formicidae: Formicinae) in the Afrotropical region. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 112:97-105. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Brady, S. G.; Shattuck, S. O. 2010a. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Prenolepis genus-group of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 35:118-131. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Cheng, C. H.; Fisher, B. L. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) genus Paraparatrechina in the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Zootaxa 2387:1-27. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2014a. Two new Paraparatrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) species from the Seychelles, with notes on the hypogaeic weissi species-group. ZooKeys 414:139-155. PDF
Menozzi, C. 1924c. Alcune nuove formiche africane. [concl.]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 51:225-227. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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