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Loboponera gen. n. and a review of the Afrotropical Plectroctena genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 June 2002
Abstract
Introduction 1
The tribe Ponerini 2
The Plectroctena genus group 2
Loboponera gen. n. 3
List of species 4
Key to species 4
Synopsis of species 5
PsalidomyrmexAndré 8
List of species 8
Key to species 8
Synopsis of species 9
Plectroctena F. Smith 10
List of species 10
Key to species 11
Synopsis of species 12
References 15
The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Loboponera is newly described. It contains 7 new species and one species previously regarded as a member of Pachycondyla F. Smith (L. nasica (Santschi) comb. n.). The relationships of Loboponera within the Plectroctena genus group and tribe Ponerini are discussed and apomorphy-based diagnoses are provided for all taxa. An identification key and descriptions are provided for the workers of Loboponera. Revised keys and taxonomic synopses are given for Psalidomyrmex (6 species) and Plectroctena (15 species); within the latter Pl. gabonensis is a new junior synonym of Pl. minor.
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- Bulletin of the Natural History Museum: Entomology Series , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , 27 June 2002 , pp. 1 - 18
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- © The Natural History Museum, 2002
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