Phrynoponera gabonensis fecunda

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Phrynoponera gabonensis fecunda (Wheeler, 1922) junior synonym of current valid taxon Phrynoponera gabonensis (André, 1892)

Phyrnoponera gabonensis var. fecunda [sic] Wheeler, 1922: 78 (w.q.) Note: Phyrnoponera is a misspelling of Phrynoponera. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 11 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Akenge, stomach Bufo superciliaris, polycercus, funereus, tuberosus (H.O. Lang). [On some syntypes: Akenge, 26°50’E, 2°55’N, stomach Bufo polycercus/Bufo funereus (H.O. Lang).] Primary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC.

Subspecies of Phrynoponera gabonensis: Menozzi, 1942a: 166; Eidmann, 1944: 433; Bernard, 1953b: 189.
Junior synonym of Phrynoponera gabonensis: Brown, 1950g: 246; Bolton, 1995b: 334; Bolton & Fisher, 2008b: 43.

Citations

Bernard, F. 1953b ("1952"). La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2008b. The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Phrynoponera Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1892:35-52. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1950g. Morphological, taxonomic, and other notes on ants. Wasmann Journal of Biology 8:241-250. PDF
Eidmann, H. 1944. Die Ameisenfauna von Fernando Poo. 27. Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Westafrika-Expedition. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 76:413-490. PDF
Menozzi, C. 1942a. Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940. Zoologischer Anzeiger 140:164-182. 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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