Axinidris denticulata

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Axinidris denticulata (Wheeler, 1922) valid

Engramma denticulatum Wheeler, 1922: 205, fig. 51 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Shattuck, 1991: 114). Primary type locality: lectotype Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Belgian Congo”): between Lukolela and Basoko (H.O. Lang). Primary type depository: MCZC (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: AMNH.

Lectotype designation: Shattuck, 1991: 114.
Combination in Axinidris: Shattuck, 1991: 112; Bolton, 2007b: 120.
Status as species: Shattuck, 1991: 112 (redescription); Shattuck, 1994: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 77; Snelling, 2007: 558.

Obsolete combinations

Engramma denticulatum

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B. 2007b. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 35(1):1-150. PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 1991. Revision of the dolichoderine ant genus Axinidris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 16:105-120. PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 2007. A review of the arboreal Afrotropical ant genus Axinidris. Pp. 551-579 in: Snelling, R. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (eds.) 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp. 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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