The Ants of Africa
Genus Plectroctena
Plectroctena laevior (Stitz)
{Plectroctena laevior}

Plectroctena laevior (Stitz)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Tanzania (as strain of mandibularis, Stitz, in Santschi, 1924a: 163, illustrated, worker; new status Bolton, 1974b: 329); worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Stitz's (in Santschi, 1924a) description is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1974b) is at {original description}

{Plectroctena laevior}The photomontage is of the type specimen collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0104648 - head apparently lost since Bolton's (1974b) description.
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