Protonym: Plectroctena cryptica
Authorship Bolton, 1974c: 327, fig. 5
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality GHANA, IVORY COAST
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Tafo (= New Tafo, Eastern Region, Akim District, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana), 2.i.1969, on mud below dam (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0102948.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: Ivory Coast: Lamto (Toumodi), 11.iv.1968 (sample AA 279 N2) (J. Lévieux), 20.vi.1968 (sample AA 334 N4) (J. Lévieux), and 21.ii.1969 (J. Lévieux). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Plectroctena cryptica Species Valid Original combination