Strumigenys petiolata

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Strumigenys petiolata Bernard, 1953 valid

Strumigenys (Strumigenys) petiolata Bernard, 1953b: 254, fig. 14H-J (w.) GUINEA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 4 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Guinea (“French Guinea”): Mt Nimba, 700 m., ix.1946, in termitary in forest (A. Villiers). Primary type depository: unknown (not in MNHN, presumed lost (Bolton, 1983: 384)). Primary type specimen: CASENT0913611.

Junior synonym of Strumigenys rufobrunea: Brown, 1954k: 17.
Status as species: Bolton, 1983: 384 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 398; Bolton, 2000: 603 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 216.

Citations

Bernard, F. 1953b ("1952"). La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270. PDF
Bolton, B. 1983. The Afrotropical dacetine ants (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46:267-416. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1954k. The ant genus Strumigenys Fred. Smith in the Ethiopian and Malagasy regions. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 112:1-34. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF

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