Strumigenys rukha

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

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Strumigenys rukha Bolton, 1983 valid

Strumigenys rukha Bolton, 1983: 389 (w.q.) KENYA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Kenya: Embu, Kirimiri Forest, W of Runyenje, 1550 m., 3.x.1977 (V. Mahnert & J.-L. Perret). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 42 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, ENSA, MCZC, MHNG. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0900606.

Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 398; Bolton, 2000: 610 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 216.

Citations

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.
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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