Discothyrea hewitti
Arnold, 1916
junior synonym of current valid taxon Discothyrea traegaordhi Santschi, 1914
Discothyrea hewitti
Arnold, 1916:
160 (q.)
SOUTH AFRICA.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: 2 syntype queens. Type-locality: South Africa: Grahamstown (= Makhanda), −33.3, 26.53333, ca. 533 m, iv.1915 (Hewitt). Type-depositories: AMGC, SAMC. Type-specimen: SAM-ENT-11508 (SAMC).
- Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 761; Smith & Wing, 1955: 107; Brown, 1958g: 253; Bolton, 1995b: 171.
- Junior synonym of Discothyrea traegaordhi: Hita Garcia et al., 2019: 72
Citations
- Arnold, G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:159-270. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:173-362. PDF
- Hita Garcia, F.; Lieberman, Z.; Audisio, T. L.; Liu, C.; Economo, E. P. 2019. Revision of the highly specialized ant genus Discothyrea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropics with X-ray microtomography and 3D cybertaxonomy. Insect Systematics and Diversity 3 (6): 5:1-84. 10.1093/isd/ixz015 PDF
- Smith, M. R.; Wing, M. W. 1955 ("1954"). Redescription of Discothyrea testacea Roger, a little-known North American ant, with notes on the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 62:105-112. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.