Asphinctopone lucidus

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

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Asphinctopone lucidus Weber, 1949 junior synonym of current valid taxon Asphinctopone silvestrii Santschi, 1914

Asphinctopone lucidus Weber, 1949b: 7, figs. 5-7 (w.) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Central African Republic (“Fr. Equat. Africa”): Ubangi-Shari, Bas Mbomu, 5 mi. W. of Bangassou, 12.iii.1948, #2210 (N.A. Weber). Primary type depository: AMNH.

Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 75.
Junior synonym of Asphinctopone silvestrii: Bolton & Fisher, 2008a: 57

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. 2008a. The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Asphinctopone Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1827:53-61. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1949b. New ponerine ants from equatorial Africa. American Museum Novitates 1398:1-9. PDF

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