Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri transversus

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

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Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri transversus Santschi, 1911 junior synonym of current valid taxon Ocymyrmex fortior Santschi, 1911

Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri st. transversus Santschi, 1911g: 209 (eq.) ANGOLA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype ergatoid queen (not a worker as in original description (Bolton, 1981b: 269)). Primary type locality: Angola: Benguela, Cucala (J. Cruchet). Primary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: Type material of Ocymyrmex fortior and Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri transversus originate in a single series (Bolton, 1981b: 269).

Subspecies of Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri: Wheeler, 1922: 893; Stitz, 1923: 146; Emery, 1924f: 271; Santschi, 1930b: 56.
Junior synonym of Ocymyrmex fortior: Bolton, 1981b: 269; Bolton & Marsh, 1989: 1281; Bolton, 1995b: 294.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1981b. A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 43:245-307. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B.; Marsh, A. C. 1989. The Afrotropical thermophilic ant genus Ocymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 23:1267-1308. PDF
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Santschi, F. 1911g. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo et du Benguela. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 1:204-217. 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
Stitz, H. 1923. Hymenoptera, VII. Formicidae. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Land- und Süsswasserfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas 2:143-167.
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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