Plagiolepis vanderkelleni

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Plagiolepis vanderkelleni Forel, 1901 valid

Plagiolepis vanderkelleni Forel, 1901g: 310 (w.) ANGOLA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Angola: Mossamedes, between rivers Cubango and Cuito (Baum & van der Kellen). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0909863.

[Also described as new by Forel, 1903h: 564.]
[Misspelled as vandenkelleni by Arnold, 1922: 584.]
Combination in Plagiolepis (Anacantholepis): Santschi, 1914e: 37.
Status as species: Arnold, 1922: 584; Wheeler, 1922: 931; Emery, 1925d: 22; Santschi, 1930b: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 336.

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

P. v. polita Santschi, 1914
P. v. tricolor Forel, 1910

Citations

Arnold, G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:579-674. PDF
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
Forel, A. 1901g. Einige neue Ameisen aus Südbrasilien, Java, Natal und Mossamedes. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 10:297-311. PDF
Forel, A. 1903h. Einige neue Ameisen aus Süd-Angola. Pp. 559-564 in: Baum, H. 1903. Kunene-Sambesi-Expedition, 1903. Berlin: Verlag des Kolonial-Wirtschaftlichen Komitees, 593 pp.
Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 15:1-44.
Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37:53-81. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

Extant: 2 valid subspecies

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