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Metapone leae Wheeler, 1919 valid

Metapone leae Wheeler, 1919j: 183, figs. 3, 4 (q.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 536). Primary type locality: lectotype Australia: Queensland, Mt Tambourine (A.M. Lea). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 21 paralectotype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, MCZC, SAMA, USNM. Type notes: Original description cites 22 queen syntypes.

Lectotype designation: Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 536.
Status as species: Gregg, 1958: 119; Kusnezov, 1960a: 125; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 69; Taylor, 1987a: 40; Taylor, 1991b: 604; Bolton, 1995b: 258; Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 536 (redescription).

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1991b. Nomenclature and distribution of some Australasian ants of the Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30:599-614. 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
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
Wheeler, W. M. 1919j. The ants of the genus Metapone Forel. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 12:173-191. PDF

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