Acropyga arnoldi

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Acropyga arnoldi Santschi, 1926 valid

Acropyga (Malacomyrma) arnoldi Santschi, 1926b: 245 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of LaPolla, 2004a: 35). Primary type locality: lectotype South Africa: Natal, Durban (C.P. Merve). Primary type depository: SAMC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, NHMB, SAMC. Secondary type specimen: CASENT0912352.

Lectotype designation: LaPolla, 2004a: 35.
Prins, 1982: 245 (m.)
Status as species: Prins, 1982: 238 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 57; LaPolla, 2004a: 35 (redescription); LaPolla & Fisher, 2005: 605 (in key).
Senior synonym of Acropyga rhodesiana: Prins, 1982: 238; Bolton, 1995b: 57; LaPolla, 2004a: 35.

Junior synonyms

Acropyga rhodesiana Santschi, 1928

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
LaPolla, J. S. 2004a. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the world. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 33(3):1-130. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2005. A remarkable new species of Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gabon, with a key to the Afrotropical species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4)56:601-605. PDF
Prins, A. J. 1982. Review of Anoplolepis with reference to male genitalia, and notes on Acropyga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annals of the South African Museum 89:215-247. PDF
Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 13:207-267. PDF

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