Probolomyrmex filiformis

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Probolomyrmex filiformis Mayr, 1901 valid

Probolomyrmex filiformis Mayr, 1901b: 3 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Taylor, 1965d: 353). Type-locality: lectotype South Africa: Cape Colony, Port Elizabeth (H. Brauns). Type-depository: NHMW. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 1 paralectotype worker (missing head and gaster). Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype.

Lectotype designation: Taylor, 1965d: 353.
Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 52; Santschi, 1914d: 312; Arnold, 1915: 34; Wheeler, 1922: 762; Taylor, 1965d: 353 (redescription); Brown, 1975: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 366.

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. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Mayr, G. 1901b. Südafrikanische Formiciden, gesammelt von Dr. Hans Brauns. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 16:1-30. PDF
Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:309-385. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1965d. A monographic revision of the rare tropicopolitan ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 117:345-365. 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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