Plectroctena emeryi

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

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Plectroctena emeryi Santschi, 1924 junior synonym of current valid taxon Plectroctena dentata Santschi, 1912

Plectroctena emeryi Santschi, 1924a: 164 (eq.) CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype ergatoid queen. Primary type locality: Congo: (no further data) (J. de Gaule). Primary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: Holotype is an ergatoid queen, not a worker as cited in the original description (Bolton, 1974c: 322).

Junior synonym of Plectroctena dentata: Bolton, 1974c: 322; Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 12.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1974c. A revision of the ponerine ant genus Plectroctena F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 30:309-338. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 2002. Loboponera gen. n. and a review of the Afrotropical Plectroctena genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series 71:1-18. PDF
Santschi, F. 1924a. Revue du genre Plectroctena F. Smith. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 31:155-173. PDF

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