Plectroctena caffra major

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

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Plectroctena caffra major Forel, 1894 junior synonym of current valid taxon Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, 1858

Plectroctena caffra r. major Forel, 1894b: 74 (eq.) MOZAMBIQUE. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype ergatoid queen (not a worker as in original description (Emery, 1899d: 469; Arnold, 1915: 86)). Primary type locality: Mozambique: Delagoa (P. Berthoud). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907335.

Arnold, 1915: 86 (w.m)
Subspecies of Plectroctena mandibularis: Emery, 1911e: 95; Santschi, 1914b: 54; Santschi, 1914e: 8; Arnold, 1915: 86 (redescription).
Junior synonym of Plectroctena mandibularis: Emery, 1899d: 469; Santschi, 1924a: 160; Wheeler, 1922: 784; Bolton, 1974c: 330; Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 14.

Citations

Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159. PDF
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
Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43:459-504. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Forel, A. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 9:64-100. PDF
Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. PDF
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. 1924a. Revue du genre Plectroctena F. Smith. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 31:155-173. 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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