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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Dolichoderinae
›
Tapinomini
›
Liometopum
›
Liometopum masonium
Liometopum
masonium
(Buckley, 1866)
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Liometopum apiculatum
Mayr, 1870
Formica masonia
Buckley, 1866
: 165 (w.) U.S.A. (Texas). Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Texas, vic. Fort Mason (
S.B. Buckley
). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
Combination in
Liometopum
:
Wheeler, 1902g
: 23.
[Note:
Wheeler, 1902g
: 23, indicates synonymy of
Liometopum masonium
with either
Liometopum apiculatum
or
Liometopum occidentale
, but can not determine which.]
Status as species:
Cresson, 1887
: 256;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 201.
Unidentifiable taxon;
incertae sedis
in
Dolichoderinae
:
Smith, 1979
: 1422;
Shattuck, 1994
: 171
Unidentifiable taxon;
incertae sedis
in
Liometopum
:
Smith, 1951c
: 835;
Smith, 1958c
: 141;
Bolton, 1995b
: 247.
Nomen oblitum
, synonym of
Liometopum apiculatum
:
Del Toro
et al.
, 2009
: 309.
Obsolete combinations
Formica masonia
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Buckley, S. B.
1866.
Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae.
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 6:152-172.
PDF
Cresson, E. T. Sr.
1887.
Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, north of Mexico, together with a catalogue of the described species, and bibliography.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Suppl. Vol. 1887:1-351.
PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp.
PDF
Del Toro, I.
;
Pacheco, J. A.
;
MacKay, W. P.
2009.
Revision of the ant genus
Liometopum
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Sociobiology 53:299-369.
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, 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
Wheeler, W. M.
1902g.
A consideration of S. B. Buckley's "North American Formicidae.".
Transactions of the Texas Academy of Sciences 4:17-31.
PDF
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