Strumigenys pallestes
Bolton, 1971
valid
Strumigenys pallestes
Bolton, 1971:
62, figs. 2, 3 (w.q.)
GHANA.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Eastern Region, New Tafo, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, 22.vii.1970, in mossy rot hole in trunk of cocoa tree (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1983: 383 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 398; Bolton, 2000: 599 (redescription).
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1971. Two new subarboreal species of the ant genus Strumigenys (Hym., Formicidae) from West Africa. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 107:59-64. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1983. The Afrotropical dacetine ants (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 46:267-416. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.