The Ants of Africa
Genus Oligomyrmex
Oligomyrmex bruchi Santschi

Oligomyrmex bruchi Santschi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Argentina (Oligomyrmex bruchi sp. n., Santschi 1933e: 116, holotype queen; Kusnezov, 1951e: 177, queen, dinergatine and minor worker?) Buenos Aires, 10.iii.1926, C Bruch.

Oligomyrmex bruchiSantschi's (1933e) description is at {original description}. Kusnezov's (1951e) study is at {original description}
Kusentzov specimens collected ii.1951, near El Suncho, Catamarca Province, at ca 1600-1700 m asl; soil nest at 20-30 mm below the surface with about 100 minute pale yellow monomorphic workers, two dealate queens and three "dinoergatinos".  He diagnosed the queens as identical to that of described by Santschi
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