Plectroctena subterranea

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Plectroctena subterranea Arnold, 1915 valid

Plectroctena subterranea Arnold, 1915: 84, pl. 3, figs. 23, 23a (w.q.) ZIMBABWE. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen. Primary type localities: 1 worker, 1 queen Zimbabwe (“S Rhodesia”): Bulawayo, 14.vi.1913 (G. Arnold) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 785; no lectotype designated), 1 worker Zimbabwe: Shiloh (G. Arnold). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0102946.

Combination in Myopias: Wheeler, 1922: 785.
Combination in Plectroctena: Santschi, 1924a: 171.
Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 785; Santschi, 1924a: 171; Bolton, 1974c: 333 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 14; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 222.
Senior synonym of Plectroctena punctatus: Bolton, 1974c: 333; Bolton, 1995b: 338; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 14.

Junior synonyms

Plectroctena punctatus Santschi, 1924

Citations

Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159. 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
Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. 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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