Octostruma lutzi

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Octostruma lutzi (Wheeler, 1913) valid

Rhopalothrix (Octostruma) lutzi Wheeler, 1913e: 241 (w.q.) DOMINICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194). Primary type locality: lectotype Dominica: Long Ditton, nr Roseau (F.E. Lutz). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated, “numerous...from three different colonies”), 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC, MZSP. Type notes: Other original syntype locality: Dominica: Laudet (F.E. Lutz).

Lectotype designation: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194.
Combination in Octostruma: Brown, 1949f: 92.
Junior synonym of Octostruma balzani: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194; Kempf, 1972b: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 293.
Status as species: Emery, 1924f: 328; Brown, 1949h: 92; Longino, 2013b: 41 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

Rhopalothrix lutzi

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1949f. Revision of the ant tribe Dacetini. I. Fauna of Japan, China and Taiwan. Mushi 20:1-25. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1949h. Revision of the ant tribe Dacetini: IV. Some genera properly excluded from the Dacetini, with the establishment of the Basicerotini new tribe. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:83-96. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.; Kempf, W. W. 1960. A world revision of the ant tribe Basicerotini. Studia Entomologica (n.s.)3:161-250. PDF
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Longino, J. T. 2013b. A revision of the ant genus Octostruma Forel, 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 3699:1-61. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1913e. Ants collected in the West Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 32:239-244. PDF

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