Prionopelta descarpentriesi

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Prionopelta descarpentriesi Santschi, 1924 valid

Prionopelta descarpentriesi Santschi, 1924b: 195 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Overson & Fisher, 2015: 122). Primary type locality: Madagascar: Fianarantsoa, Ambalavao, Ikelivia, 30.ix.1923 (Descarpentries). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101548. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype.

Lectotype designation: Overson & Fisher, 2015: 122.
Status as species: Arnold, 1949: 263; Brown, 1960a: 177, 219; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Dorow, 1996a: 77; Overson & Fisher, 2015: 122 (redescription).

Citations

Arnold, G. 1949. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 9. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2:261-275. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1960a. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122:143-230.
Dorow, W. H. O. 1996a. Review and bibliography of the ants of the Seychelles (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of African Zoology 110:73-96. PDF
Overson, R.; Fisher, B. L. 2015. Taxonomic revision of the genus Prionopelta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Malagasy region. ZooKeys 507:115-150. PDF
Santschi, F. 1924b. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 12:195-224. PDF

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