The Ants of Africa
Genus Ocymyrmex
Ocymyrmex picardi Forel

Ocymyrmex picardi Forel

return to key{link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Angola (Ocymyrmex Picardi n. sp., Forel, 1901d: 1306, worker) Cubango-Cuito, Mossamedes - see below
junior synonym carpenteri (Ocymyrmex carpenteri, Donisthorpe, 1933b: 195, queen, not worker - examined by Bolton) Botswana, Ngamiland, xi.1930-i.1931, Dr G D H Carpenter - see  http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0900397
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{Ocymyrmex picardi}Forel's (1901d) description is at {original description}. Arnold (1916: 199) gave a translation, this is at {original description}. Donisthorpe's (1933b) description of carpenteri is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1981b) is at {original description}


{Ocymyrmex picardi}The photomontage of a lectotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0909075


{Ocymyrmex picardi}The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0217899

Collection Information: Specimen Code: CASENT0217899
Locality: Namibia: Ondangua; 1100 m
Collection Information: ANTC18076; Collected by E.S.Ross & R.E.Leech; 16 May 1958

Not listed by Bolton (1981b: 275)


Oxford University Museum specimens

Ocymyrmex picardi
B Taylor det.
Namibia
D J Mann
OUMNH-2006-093

22.xii.1999
Etosha N. Park
18°35'19" S
16°55'11" E
Mushara Water Hole
at blue light
coll. Mann & Marais

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{Ocymyrmex picardi}The photomontage is of a worker collected from Namibia, Etosha N. Park; collectors Mann & Marais.

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