Cataulacus wissmannii Forel
Type
location Mozambique, (Forel, 1894b: 78, worker); junior
synonyms durbanensis (Forel, 1914d: 219, worker; Arnold,
1917: 395, queen & male) from South Africa, linearis
(Santschi, 1914b: 109, illustrated, worker) from Kenya;
and otii (Forel, 1901d: 304, worker & queen) from South
Africa; all forms described (see Bolton, 1995- spelling is
wissmannii in the original description)
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Forel's (1894b) description is at
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Arnold (1917) gave a translation, this is at
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Santschi's (1914b) description of linearis is at
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Forel's (1914d) description of durbanensis is at
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Arnold (1917) gave a translation of durbanensis, this is
at
and, male,
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Forel's (1901d) description of otii is at
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Santschi (1937a) described the queen, this is at
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specimen from Delagoa Bay, Mozambique. Bolton's modern description
(1974a) is at
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WORKER - TL 3.8-5.2 mm (Bolton, 1974a: 51, illustrated face and
alitrunk dorsum; misspelt wissmani, also in Bolton, 1982:
26, in key). |