Simopone wilburi

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Simopone wilburi Weber, 1949 valid

Simopone wilburi Weber, 1949a: 7, figs. 6, 7 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Democrtaic Republic of Congo (“B. Congo”): Ituri Forest, Beni-Irumu, 17 mi. N Beni, 24.ii.1948, #2119 (N.A. Weber). Type-depository: AMNH.

Bolton & Fisher, 2012: 41 (q.)
Junior synonym of Simopone schoutedeni: Brown, 1975: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 383.
Status as species: Bolton & Fisher, 2012: 40 (redescription).

Citations

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. 2012. Taxonomy of the cerapachyine ant genera Simopone Forel, Vicinopone gen. n. and Tanipone gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3283:1-101. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1949a. New African ants of the genera Cerapachys, Phryacaces, and Simopone. American Museum Novitates 1396:1-9. PDF

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