Probolomyrmex parvus

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Probolomyrmex parvus Weber, 1949 junior synonym of current valid taxon Probolomyrmex brevirostris (Forel, 1910)

Probolomyrmex parvus Weber, 1949b: 3, fig. 2 (q.) UGANDA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Uganda: Busnia, “just within Uganda... on the Kenya-Uganda border”, 17.ii.1948 (AMNH Central Africa Expd.) (N.A. Weber). Primary type depository: AMNH.

Junior synonym of Probolomyrmex brevirostris: Taylor, 1965d: 355 (provisional); Brown, 1975: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 366.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1965d. A monographic revision of the rare tropicopolitan ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 117:345-365. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1949b. New ponerine ants from equatorial Africa. American Museum Novitates 1398:1-9. PDF

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