Plectroctena gabonensis

Plectroctena gabonensis Santschi, 1919 junior synonym of current valid taxon Plectroctena minor Emery, 1892

Plectroctena gabonensis Santschi, 1919a: 336 (w.) GABON. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type localities: Gabon: Libreville, 1.xii.1897 (Chalot) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 783; no lectotype designated), Gabon: Samkita, 1914 (F. Faure). Primary type depositories: MNHN, NHMB. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 139, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB.

[Also described as new by Santschi, 1919h: 90.]
Bolton, 1974c: 323 (q.)
Combination in Myopias: Wheeler, 1922: 785.
Combination in Plectroctena: Santschi, 1924a: 170.
Subspecies of Plectroctena subterranea: Santschi, 1919h: 90; Wheeler, 1922: 783.
Status as species: Santschi, 1924a: 170; Menozzi, 1942a: 166; Eidmann, 1944: 436; Bolton, 1974c: 323 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 338.
Junior synonym of Plectroctena minor: Bolton & Brown, 2002: 12.

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
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
Santschi, F. 1919a. Cinq notes myrmécologiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 52:325-350. PDF
Santschi, F. 1919h. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo Belge du Musée du Congo Belge, à Tervueren. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 7:79-91. PDF
Santschi, F. 1924a. Revue du genre Plectroctena F. Smith. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 31:155-173. 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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