Linepithema melleus
(Wheeler, 1908)
junior synonym of current valid taxon Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870)
Iridomyrmex melleus
Wheeler, 1908a:
151, pl. 12, figs. 15, 16 (w.q.m.)
PUERTO RICO.
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wild, 2007a: 68). Primary type locality: lectotype Puerto Rico: Monte Morales, iii.1906 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 55 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG.
Type notes:
1) Other original syntype localities: Puerto Rico: Arecibo, iii.1906 (W.M. Wheeler) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 126; no lectotype designated), Puerto Rico: Utuado, Monte Mandios, Coamo Springs, and Vega Baja, all dated iii.1906 (W.M. Wheeler). 2) Shattuck, 1994: 126, cites ca 48 worker, 1 queen syntypes (ca 33w, 1q MCZC, 15w MHNG). 3) Neither Shattuck, 1994 nor Wild, 2007a mention syntype males.
- Lectotype designation: Wild, 2007a: 68.
- Wheeler & Wheeler, 1974b: 397 (l.)
- Combination in Linepithema: Shattuck, 1992a: 16
- Status as species: Emery, 1913a: 27; Smith, 1937: 863; Kempf, 1972b: 126; Shattuck, 1994: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 247.
- Junior synonym of Linepithema iniquum: Wild, 2007a: 68
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31:13-18. PDF
- Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241. PDF
- Smith, M. R. 1937 ("1936"). The ants of Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 20:819-875. PDF
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1974b ("1973"). Ant larvae of the subfamily Dolichoderinae: second supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 49:396-401. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1908a. The ants of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:117-158. PDF
- Wild, A. L. 2007a. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 126:1-151. PDF
Extant: 0 valid subspecies (3 synonyms)
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae
- No valid child taxa
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