Acropyga rubescens
Forel, 1894
valid
Acropyga acutiventris var. rubescens
Forel, 1894c:
418 (w.q.m.)
INDIA (Karnataka).
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of LaPolla, 2004a: 33). Primary type locality: lectotype India: Kanara (Bell). Primary type depositories: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 9 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype queens, 3 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, BMNH, MCZC, MHNG.
Type notes:
Other original syntype localities: India: Belgaum (R.C. Wroughton), Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (Yerbury).
- Lectotype designation: LaPolla, 2004a: 33.
- [Misspelled as pubescens by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 211.]
- Subspecies of Acropyga acutiventris: Viehmeyer, 1916a: 146; Emery, 1925d: 28; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 211; Bolton, 1995b: 58.
- Status as species: LaPolla, 2004a: 33 (redescription); Bharti et al., 2016: 23; Dias et al., 2020: 28; Wang et al., 2022: 35.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga acutiventris bugnioni: LaPolla, 2004a: 33.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga acutiventris rubens: Emery, 1925d: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 58; LaPolla, 2004a: 33.
Junior synonyms
- Acropyga acutiventris bugnioni Forel, 1911
- Acropyga acutiventris rubens Forel, 1911
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bharti, H.; Guénard, B.; Bharti, M.; Economo, E. P. 2016. An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:1-83. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
- Dias, R. K. S.; Guénard, B.; Akbar, S. A.; Economo, E. P.; Udayakantha, W. S.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2020. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist. ZooKeys 967:1-142. 10.3897/zookeys.967.54432 PDF
- Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
- Forel, A. 1894c. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part IV. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 8:396-420. PDF
- LaPolla, J. S. 2004a. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the world. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 33(3):1-130. PDF
- Viehmeyer, H. 1916a ("1915"). Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)81(8):108-168. PDF
- Wang, W. Y.; Soh, E. J. Y.; Yong, G. W. J.; Wong, M. K. L.; Guénard, B.; Economo, E. P.; Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006:1-152. [online early] 10.20362/am.015006 PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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