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SUBFAMILY DOLICHODERINAE - Geus Bothriomyrmex - Bothriomyrmex syrius Forel

Bothriomyrmex syrius Forel

return to genus page {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Lebanon (Bothriomyrmex meridionalis Roger var syria n. var., Forel, 1910a: 13, worker; Tohmé & Tohmé, 1981a, illustrated, worker, queen & male; raised to species, Emery, 1925e: 11; see Menozzi, 1933b: 78; Shattuck, 1994: 37) under a stone, Doummar, Gadeau de Kerville.

{Bothriomyrmex syrius}Forel's (1910a) description is at {original description}. Emery's (1925e) fuller, illustrated description is at {original description}. Tohmé & Tohmé's (1981a) study is at {original description}.

Egypt records - Wheeler & Mann (1916) from Wadi Gazelle, Sinai Peninsula.

Bothriomyrmex syriusThe photomontage of a type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0909575

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