The Ants of Africa
Genus Ocymyrmex
Ocymyrmex fortior Santschi
{Ocymyrmex fortior arnoldi}

Ocymyrmex fortior Santschi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Angola (Ocymymrmex Weitzeckeri Em. st. fortior n. st., Santschi, 1911g: 209, worker; Bolton, 1981b: 269, queen & male); junior synonyms arnoldi (Forel, 1913a: 138, worker & male; and its junior synonym abdominalis, Santschi, 1914e: 16, worker, from South Africa), transversus (Santschi, 1911g: 209, queen) from Angola; and usakosensis (Stitz, 1923: 146, worker) from Namibia .


{Ocymyrmex fortior} Santschi's (1911g) description is at {original description}. Santschi's (1911g) description of transversus is at {original description}. Santschi's (1914e) description of abdominalis is at {original description}. Forel's (1913a) description of arnoldi is at {original description}. Arnold (1916: 197) gave an illustrated translation of arnoldi and abdominalis (as varieties of weitzeckeri), these are at {original description}. Stitz's (1923) description of usakosensis is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1981b) is at {original description}

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