Template:Did you know nominations/Pachycondyla succinea

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:12, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Pachycondyla succinea edit

close-up of Pachycondyla succinea male
close-up of Pachycondyla succinea male
  • ... that Pachycondyla succinea queens were first described in 1868, but males (pictured) weren't described until 2009?

Source: "Description section" (DLussky 2009B pages 1051-1054 [1])

    • ALT1:... that the ant Pachycondyla succinea (male pictured) was first described from three queens that are now presumed lost?

Source: "The species has been described by Mayr based on three specimens, none of which has survived" (neotype Section, Dlussky, 2009B [2])

Created by Kevmin (talk). Self-nominated at 23:59, 14 August 2017 (UTC).

  • Newly created article, QPQ done, no problem with text, sufficiently long article, use of fair images, cited hook. RRD (talk) 06:23, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
@Kevmin: The last paragraph of the article needs a reference before this can go ahead. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:54, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
@Cwmhiraeth:Done.--Kevmin § 15:09, 31 August 2017 (UTC)