Ocymyrmex fortior

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 *  fortior. Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri st. fortior Santschi, 1911g: 209 (w.) ANGOLA. Bolton, 1981b: 261 (q.m.). Raised to species and senior synonym of arnoldi (and its junior synonym abdominalis), transversus, usakosensis: Bolton, 1981b: 269. See also: Bolton & Marsh, 1989: 1296.
 * transversus. Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri st. transversus Santschi, 1911g: 209 (q., not w.) ANGOLA. Junior synonym of fortior: Bolton, 1981b: 269.
 * arnoldi. Ocymyrmex arnoldi Forel, 1913a: 138 (w.m.) ZIMBABWE. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1973b: 76 (l.). Subspecies of weitzeckeri: Forel, 1913j: 213; Arnold, 1916: 197. Senior synonym of abdominalis: Arnold, 1916: 197. Junior synonym of fortior: Bolton, 1981b: 269.
 * abdominalis. Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri st. abdominalis Santschi, 1914e: 16 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of arnoldi: Arnold, 1916: 197.
 * usakosensis. Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri var. usakosensis Stitz, 1923: 146 (w.) NAMIBIA. Junior synonym of fortior: Bolton, 1981b: 269.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Bolton 1981b.pdf|Bolton, B. 1981b. A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 43: 245-307 PDF]]