The Ants of Africa
Genus Probolomyrmex
Probolomyrmex brevirostris (Forel)
{Probolomyrmex brevirostris}

Probolomyrmex brevirostris (Forel)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Eritrea (Escherichia brevirostris, Forel, 1910c: 246, worker; in Probolomyrmex by Taylor, 1965d: 355); junior synonym parvus (Weber, 1949b: 76, queen; synonymization by Taylor, 1965d: 355; Brown, 1975: 11) from Uganda; queen & worker only described (in Bolton, 1995, wrongly as from Ethiopia) .

Forel's (1910c) description is at {original description}. Weber's (1949b) description of parvus is at {original description}. Taylor's (1965d) redefinition is at {original description}.

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