Centromyrmex constanciae

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

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Centromyrmex constanciae Arnold, 1915 junior synonym of current valid taxon Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896

Centromyrmex constanciae Arnold, 1915: 38, pl. 2, fig. 14a-c (w.q.) ZIMBABWE. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Zimbabwe: Bulawayo, Bembesi, 24.iii.1913, under large stones (G. Arnold). Primary type depositories: BMNH, SAMC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902463.

Arnold, 1926: 199 (m.)
Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 762; Arnold, 1926: 199; Santschi, 1930b: 59; Bolton, 1995b: 140.
Junior synonym of Centromyrmex sellaris: Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 22

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.
Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2008c. Afrotropical ants of the ponerine genera Centromyrmex Mayr, Promyopias Santschi gen. rev. and Feroponera gen. n., with a revised key to genera of African Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1929:1-37. PDF
Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37:53-81. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 obsolete combination)

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