The Ants of Africa
Genus Probolomyrmex
Probolomyrmex brevirostris (Forel)

Probolomyrmex brevirostris (Forel)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Eritrea (Escherichia brevirostris n. sp., Forel, 1910c: 246, worker; in Probolomyrmex by Taylor, 1965d: 355) Ghinda
junior synonym parvus (Probolomyrmex parvus new species, Weber, 1949b: 76, queen; synonymization by Taylor, 1965d: 355; Brown, 1975: 11) from Uganda, Busnia
queen & worker only described (in Bolton, 1995, wrongly as from Ethiopia) .

{Probolomyrmex brevirostris}Forel's (1910c) description is at {original description}. Weber's (1949b) description of parvus is at {original description}. Taylor's (1965d) redefinition is at {original description}.

{Probolomyrmex brevirostris}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0907208.
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