Asphinctopone silvestrii

Distribution
This taxon was described from Nigeria. It is also found in Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana and Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  silvestrii. Asphinctopone silvestrii Santschi, 1914d: 318, fig. 6 (w.) NIGERIA. Bolton & Fisher, 2008a: (q.). Senior synonym of lamottei, lucidus: Bolton & Fisher, 2008a: 57.
 * lucidus. Asphinctopone lucidus Weber, 1949b: 7, figs. 5-7 (w.) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. Junior synonym of silvestrii: Bolton & Fisher, 2008a: 57.
 * lamottei. Lepidopone lamottei Bernard, 1953b: 208, fig. 4 (w.) GUINEA. Combination in Asphinctopone: Brown, 1953h: 3. Junior synonym of silvestrii: Bolton & Fisher, 2008a: 57.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Bernard 1953b.pdf|Bernard, F. 1953b [1952]. La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire 19: 165-270 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton & Fisher 2008.pdf|BOLTON, B. & FISHER, B.L. 2008a. The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Asphinctopone Santschi. Zootaxa 1827: 53-61. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Brown 1953h.pdf|Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953h. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part II. Breviora 18: 1-8 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Hawkes 2010.pdf|Hawkes, P. G. 2010. A new species of Asphinctopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Tanzania. Zootaxa. 2480:27-36. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Santschi 1914d.pdf|Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 309-385 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Weber 1949b.pdf|Weber, N. A. 1949b. New ponerine ants from equatorial Africa. Am. Mus. Novit. 1398: 1-9 PDF]]