Plectroctena dentata - AntCat

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Plectroctena dentata Santschi, 1912 valid

Plectroctena minor var. dentata Santschi, 1912b: 150 (w.) ANGOLA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 8 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Angola: Benguela, Cucala (J. Cruchet). Primary type depositories: MRAC, NHMB, ZMHB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0104649. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 139, cites 3 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) This taxon is based on specimens of Plectroctena minor Emery, 1892f, sensu Santschi, 1911g: 205, misidentification.

Bolton, 1974c: 322 (eq.)
Subspecies of Plectroctena minor: Santschi, 1914b: 54; Wheeler, 1922: 785.
Status as species: Santschi, 1924a: 164 (redescription); Santschi, 1930b: 54; Bolton, 1974c: 322 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 12.
Senior synonym of Plectroctena emeryi: Bolton, 1974c: 322; Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 12.

Junior synonyms

Plectroctena emeryi Santschi, 1924

Obsolete combinations

Plectroctena minor dentata

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
Bolton, B. 1974c. A revision of the ponerine ant genus Plectroctena F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 30:309-338. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 2002. Loboponera gen. n. and a review of the Afrotropical Plectroctena genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series 71:1-18. PDF
Santschi, F. 1911g. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 1:204-217. PDF
Santschi, F. 1912b. Fourmis d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 56:150-167. PDF
Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. PDF
Santschi, F. 1924a. Revue du genre Plectroctena F. Smith. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 31:155-173. PDF
Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37:53-81. 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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