Plectroctena mandibularis mabirensis

Plectroctena mandibularis mabirensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Psalidomyrmex reichenspergeri)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Psalidomyrmex
Species:	Plectroctena mandibularis mabirensis Arnold, 1954

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Psalidomyrmex reichenspergeri.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• mabirensis. Plectroctena mandibularis subsp. mabirensis Arnold, 1954: 293, fig. 3 (w.) UGANDA. Combination in Psalidomyrmex: Bolton, 1974c: 334. Raised to species: Bolton, 1974c: 334. Junior synonym of reichenspergeri: Bolton, 1975b: 8.

References

• Arnold, G. 1954. New Formicidae from Kenya and Uganda. Ann. Mus. R. Congo Belge Nouv. Sér. Quarto Sci. Zool. 1: 291-295.

• Bolton, B. 1975b. A revision of the African ponerine ant genus Psalidomyrmex André (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 32: 1-16.