Metapone hewitti
Wheeler, 1919
valid
Metapone hewitti
Wheeler, 1919f:
62 (m.)
BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype male (by designation of Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 518). Primary type locality: lectotype Malaysia: Sarawak, Kuching, 1908 (J. Hewitt). Primary type depository: MCZC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC.
Type notes:
Original description cites 4 syntype males.
- Lectotype designation: Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 518.
- Status as species: Wheeler, 1919j: 189 (redescription); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 114; Gregg, 1958: 119; Kusnezov, 1960a: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 258; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 47; Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 517 (redescription).
Citations
- 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
- Gregg, R. E. 1958. Two new species of Metapone from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 60:111-121. PDF
- Kusnezov, N. 1960a ("1959"). La posición sistemática del género Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 18:119-126. PDF
- Pfeiffer, M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58. PDF
- Taylor, R. W.; Alpert, G. D. 2016. The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4105 (6):501-545. 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.6.1 PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1919f. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1919j. The ants of the genus Metapone Forel. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 12:173-191. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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