Simopone elegans

Simopone elegans Bolton & Fisher, 2012 valid

Simopone elegans Bolton & Fisher, 2012: 48, figs. 43-45 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Madagascar: Prov. Mahajanga, P.N. Baie de Baly, 12.4 km. 337° NNW Soalala, 10m., 16°00.6’S, 45°15.9’E, 26-30.xi.2002, BLF06890, ex dead twig above ground, tropical dry forest (B.L. Fisher, et al.). Type-depository: CASC. Type-specimen: CASENT0492213. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 4 paratype workers. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-specimen: CASENT0492214.

Status as species: Chen et al., 2015: 9 (in key); Chen et al., 2019: 28 (in key).

Citations

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
Chen, Z.; Chen, Y.; Zhou, S. 2019. Simopone fisheri sp. n., a new species of Dorylinae ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from China, with an illustrated key to the S. grandidieri-group species. ZooKeys 838:21-33. 10.3897/zookeys.838.29465 PDF
Chen, Z.; Zhou, S.; Liang, L. 2015. Simopone yunnanensis sp. nov. – the first record of Simopone Forel, 1891 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Cerapachyinae). Asian Myrmecology 7:5-10. PDF

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