Temnothorax nitens heathii

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Temnothorax nitens heathii (Wheeler, 1903) junior synonym of current valid taxon Temnothorax andrei (Emery, 1895)

Leptothorax nitens var. heathii Wheeler, 1903d: 245 (w.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a whole colony”). Primary type locality: U.S.A: California, Pacific Grove (H. Heath). Primary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC. Type notes: Ward, 2005: 15, adds that 12 syntypes are present in MCZC.

Combination in Leptothorax (Myrafant): Smith, 1951c: 818.
Subspecies of Temnothorax nitens: Wheeler, 1910a: 567; Wheeler, 1917a: 507; Emery, 1924f: 258; Creighton, 1950a: 265; Smith, 1951c: 818; Smith, 1958c: 132.
Junior synonym of Temnothorax nitens: Cole, 1958c: 536; Smith, 1967a: 359; Smith, 1979: 1394; Bolton, 1995b: 239; Mackay, 2000: 379.
Junior synonym of Temnothorax andrei: Ward, 2005: 15; Snelling et al., 2014: 38.

Obsolete combinations

Leptothorax nitens heathii

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1958c. North American Leptothorax of the nitens-carinatus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 51:535-538. PDF
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Mackay, W. P. 2000. A review of the New World ants of the subgenus Myrafant, (genus Leptothorax) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36:265-444. PDF
Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584. PDF
Snelling, R. R.; Borowiec, M. L.; Prebus, M. M. 2014. Studies on California ants: a review of the genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 372:27-89. PDF
Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1903d. A revision of the North American ants of the genus Leptothorax Mayr. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 55:215-260. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52:457-569. PDF

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