Psalidomyrmex wheeleri

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Psalidomyrmex wheeleri Santschi, 1923 valid

Psalidomyrmex wheeleri Santschi, 1923e: 263 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 10 syntype workers. Primary type localities: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Niapu, stomach Bufo polycercus (H.O. Lang); Medje, stomach Bufo cinereus (H.O. Lang); Medje, stomach Bufo superciliaris (H.O. Lang); Medje, stomach Bufo cinereus (exped. Lang & Chapin); Akenge, stomach Bufo polycercus (Lang); Benziville (no collector’s name). Primary type depositories: AMNH, BMNH, MCZC, MRAC, NHMB, SAMC. Primary type specimen: SAM-ENT-11553.

Status as species: Bolton, 1975b: 13 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 369; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 10.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1975b. A revision of the African ponerine ant genus Psalidomyrmex André (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 32:1-16. 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. 1923e. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 11:259-295. PDF

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