Plectroctena dentata Santschi
  Type location Angola
(Plectroctena minor Em. var. dentata n. var., Santschi
1911g: 150, worker, Plectroctena dentata, Santschi, 1912b;
Bolton, 1974b: 322, queen) Benguela, Cucala, J Cruchet - see below
junior synonym emeryi (Plectroctena
emeryi n. sp., Santschi,
1924a: 164, ergatoid queen) from Zaïre (?Congo, by J. de
Gaule) - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0915286
Worker and queen described (Bolton, 1974b, not illustrated)  .
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 Santschi's (1911g, 1912b
and 1924a) description is at  . Santschi (1912b) merely had (my
translation) - from Benguela (as in his paper of 1911g), with the
propodeum strongly dentate. In his 1924a paper he gave a full
description and illustration.
Santschi's (1924a) description of emeryi, synonymized as an
ergatoid female by Bolton (1974b) is at  . Bolton's modern description (1974b) is at
WORKER - TL 12.8-17.7 mm; first gastral tergite with
weakly developed anterior transverse groove; funicular segments 3-5
wider than long; ventrolateral and ventral head with striae between
punctures.
Bolton (1974b) lists records from Uganda, and Zaïre,
Kisenje.
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The photomontage is
collated from