The Ants of Africa
Genus Plectroctena
Plectroctena thaui Fisher

Plectroctena thaui Fisher

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Cameroun (Fisher, 2006: 116, illustrated, worker); worker only known, holotype and four paratypes collected by Brian Fisher (see Bolton, 1974b: 326, Bolton, 1995) .

FISHER, B.L. 2006: Boloponera vicans gen.n. and sp.n. and two new species of the plectroctena genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). – Myrmecologische Nachrichten, 8, 111-118. http://myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/images/pdf/volume8/mn8_111-118_non-printable.pdf athttp://myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=116:myrmecologische-nachrichten-8-111-118&Itemid=60&layout=default

{plectroctena thaui}The photomontage of the holotype from Cameroun is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0003074.

Collection Information: Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Mnt. Cameroon, Etinde Forest Res., 3.8 km 330° NNW Mapanja; 04°06'28"N 009°09'07"E 1440 m Collection codes: BLF02326 Collected by: B.L.Fisher Habitat: montane rainforest Date: 16 Apr 2000 Method: EB09 sifted litter Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m Transect Sample #: 41

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