Dicroaspis laevidens

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

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Dicroaspis laevidens (Santschi, 1919) valid

Calyptomyrmex (Dicroaspis) cryptocerus var. laevidens Santschi, 1919h: 88 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Yambuya, 26.xi.1913, no. 83 (J. Bequaert). Primary type depositories: MRAC, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913958

Combination in Dicroaspis: Bolton, 1981a: 59
Subspecies of Dicroaspis cryptocera: Wheeler, 1922: 887.
Status as species: Bolton, 1981a: 59 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 171; Collingwood & van Harten, 2005: 74; Borowiec, 2014: 70.

Obsolete combinations

Calyptomyrmex cryptocerus laevidens

Citations

Bolton, B. 1981a. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 42:43-81. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
Collingwood, C. A.; van Harten, A. 2005. Further additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Yemen. Zoology in the Middle East 35:73-78. PDF
Santschi, F. 1919h. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo Belge du Musée du Congo Belge, à Tervueren. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 7:79-91. 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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