Myrmicaria distincta

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

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Myrmicaria distincta Santschi, 1925 valid

Myrmicaria distincta Santschi, 1925c: 161 (w.) KENYA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Niangnori (Nandi occid.), 1904 (Ch. Alluaud). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913034.

Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 285; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 213.

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

M. d. abyssinica Santschi, 1925
M. d. vorax Santschi, 1933

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
Santschi, F. 1925c ("1924"). Révision des Myrmicaria d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 64:133-176. PDF

Extant: 2 valid subspecies

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