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Genus: Octostruma
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Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Octostruma
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)
13 species
[Note. All Octostruma taxa with combination in Basiceros, Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007 PDF: 90-93; taxonomy documented in Bolton, 2003 is retained here.]
Octostruma Type-species: Rhopalothrix simoni (junior synonym of Rhopalothrix iheringi), by subsequent designation of Wheeler, 1913a PDF: 82. AntCat AntWiki
Taxonomic history
| Octostruma in Myrmicinae, Dacetini: Forel, 1917 PDF: 246; Wheeler, 1922: 667; Emery, 1924f PDF: 328; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 676; Brown, 1948e: 102; Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1994 PDF: 31. |
| Octostruma in Myrmicinae, Basicerotini: Brown, 1949f: 92; all subsequent authors to the last entry above; Bolton, 1994: 105; Bolton, 1998A: 67. |
| Octostruma as subgenus of Rhopalothrix: Forel, 1917 PDF: 246; Wheeler, 1922: 667; Emery, 1924f PDF: 328. |
| Octostruma as genus: Brown, 1948e: 102; Brown, 1949f: 92; Brown & Kempf, 1960: 181; all subsequent authors except the following. |
| Octostruma as junior synonym of Basiceros: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007 PDF: 88. |
Genus Octostruma references
Emery, 1924f PDF: 328 (review, catalogue); Brown, 1949f: 92 (species, checklist); Brown & Kempf, 1960: 181, 244 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 169 (catalogue); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 362 (catalogue); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1051 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 293 (catalogue); Palacio, 1997: 416 (Colombia species key).
Genus Octostruma references
Emery, 1924f PDF: 328 (review, catalogue); Brown, 1949f: 92 (species, checklist); Brown & Kempf, 1960: 181, 244 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 169 (catalogue); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 362 (catalogue); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1051 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 293 (catalogue); Palacio, 1997: 416 (Colombia species key).
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8 Species Imaged | View All 13 Species for this genus
Octostruma balzani
Octostruma batesi
Octostruma betschi
Octostruma iheringi
Octostruma inca
Octostruma rugifera
Octostruma stenognatha
Octostruma wheeleri
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