Psalidomyrmex obesus

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

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Psalidomyrmex obesus Wheeler, 1922 junior synonym of current valid taxon Psalidomyrmex procerus Emery, 1901

Psalidomyrmex obesus Wheeler, 1922: 92, fig. 19 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Medje, from stomach of toad (Bufo superciliaris) (Lang & Chapin). Primary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC.

Subspecies of Psalidomyrmex procerus: Santschi, 1937g: 74
Junior synonym of Psalidomyrmex procerus: Bolton, 1975b: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 369; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 10.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1975b. A revision of the African ponerine ant genus Psalidomyrmex André (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 32:1-16. 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. 1937g. Fourmis du Congo et régions limitrophes. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 30:71-85. 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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