Linepithema humile platensis
(Forel, 1912)
junior synonym of current valid taxon Linepithema micans (Forel, 1908)
Iridomyrmex humilis r. platensis
Forel, 1912i:
46 (w.q.m.)
ARGENTINA (Buenos Aires).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wild, 2007a: 86). Primary type locality: lectotype Argentina: La Plata (C. Bruch). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 13 paralectotype workers, 5 paralectotype queens, 6 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
- Lectotype designation: Wild, 2007a: 86.
- Combination in Linepithema: Shattuck, 1992a: 16
- Subspecies of Linepithema humile: Forel, 1913m: 242; Forel, 1914d: 287; Bruch, 1914: 226; Forel, 1915c: 359; Gallardo, 1916b: 101; Santschi, 1916e: 390; Santschi, 1929d: 307 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 125; Shattuck, 1994: 124; Bolton, 1995b: 247.
- Junior synonym of Linepithema micans: Wild, 2007a: 86
Obsolete combinations
Infrasubspecies
- L. h. p. transiens (Forel, 1913)
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Bruch, C. 1914. Catálogo sistemático de los formícidos argentinos. Revista del Museo de La Plata 19:211-234. PDF
- Forel, A. 1912i. Formicides néotropiques. Part V. 4me sous-famille Dolichoderinae Forel. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 20:33-58. PDF
- Forel, A. 1913m. Fourmis d'Argentine, du Brésil, du Guatémala & de Cuba reçues de M. M. Bruch, Prof. v. Ihering, Mlle Baez, M. Peper et M. Rovereto. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 49:203-250. PDF
- Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50:211-288. PDF
- Forel, A. 1915c. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. IIe partie. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50:335-364. PDF
- Gallardo, A. 1916b. Las hormigas de la República Argentina. Subfamilia Dolicoderinas. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 28:1-130. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1916e. Formicides sudaméricains nouveaux ou peu connus. Physis (Buenos Aires) 2:365-399. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1929d. Nouvelles fourmis de la République Argentine et du Brésil. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 107:273-316. 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
- Wild, A. L. 2007a. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 126:1-151. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae
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