Plectroctena punctatus

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Plectroctena punctatus Santschi, 1924 junior synonym of current valid taxon Plectroctena subterranea Arnold, 1915

Plectroctena punctatus Santschi, 1924a: 170 (m.) KENYA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Bura Wa-Taita, iii.1912, 1050 m., st. 61 (Alluaud & Jeannel). Primary type depository: NHMB.

[Misspelled as punctua by Bernard, 1953b: 209.]
Junior synonym of Plectroctena subterranea: Bolton, 1974c: 333; Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 14.

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. 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. 1924a. Revue du genre Plectroctena F. Smith. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 31:155-173. PDF

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