Hispo georgius ( Peckham & Peckham, 1892 )
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Hispo georgius ( Peckham & Peckham, 1892 ) |
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Hispo georgius ( Peckham & Peckham, 1892) View in CoL
Leptorchestes georgii: Peckham & Peckham 1892: 52 , pl. 2, fig. 6.
Quekettia georgii: Peckham & Peckham 1903: 255 .
Pseudomarengo inermis Caporiacco, 1947: 228 , pl. 2, fig. 63; Roewer 1965: 33, figs 27a–e. Pseudomarengo rufescens: Caporiacco 1947: 229 , pl. 2, fig. 64.
Hispo inermis: Wanless 1981: 186 View in CoL , figs 5a–j; Wesolowska & Cumming 2008: 186, figs 55–66.
See Wanless (1981) and Wesolowska & Cumming (2008) for descriptions of both sexes.
Material examined: 1ơ Southern boundary fence, 26 ° 55.578'S: 32 ° 19.081'E, deep sand forest, Commiophora harveyi bark, 13.vi.2005 ( NCA 2008 /2735) GoogleMaps .
Distribution: Species known from central Africa, Zimbabwe and Madagascar; recorded for the first time from South Africa.
Habitat and biology: This rare species somewhat resembles Crematogaster ants and was only recorded from a single specimen collected under bark in sand forest, but was collected frequently from foliage in sand forest at the nearby Tembe Elephant Park.
Remarks: Wesolowska and Cumming (2008) synonymised L. georgii Peckham & Peckham, 1892 with H. inermis Wanless, 1981 , but erroneously used the younger specific name. Platnick (2009) gives the valid senior synonym: H. georgius ( Peckham & Peckham, 1892) .
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Hispo georgius ( Peckham & Peckham, 1892 )
Wesolowska, Wanda & Haddad, Charles R. 2009 |
Pseudomarengo inermis
ROEWER, C. F. 1965: 33 |
Leptorchestes georgii:
PECKHAM, G. W. & PECKHAM, E. G. 1892: 52 |