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SUBFAMILY DOLICHODERINAE - Genus Bothriomyrmex Emery

Genus Bothriomyrmex Emery (1869c: 117)

Emery's (1869c) genus description is at {original description}.

Clypeus not incised medially, petiole squamiform (Menozzi, 1933: 90).

In Dolichoderinae (Bolton, 1995: 22). See also - Emery (1925e: 5, out of date; see syrius below) & Shattuck (1992c: 54; 1994: 31). Santschi, F. 1919i. Fourmis du genre "Bothriomyrmex" Emery (systématique et moeurs). Rev. Zool. Afr., 7, 201-224 - - includes a number of species from Tunisia but none from Egypt.

Egyptian species - Bothriomyrmex syrius (Forel)

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