Syllophopsis myops

Syllophopsis myops (Donisthorpe, 1943) junior synonym of current valid taxon Syllophopsis australica (Forel, 1907)

Ireneidris myops Donisthorpe, 1943c: 81 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 12 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Waigeu I., Camp Nok, 2500 ft, 4.v.1938 (L.E. Cheesman). Primary type depository: BMNH.

Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1943e: 451; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 162.
Junior synonym of Syllophopsis talpa: Ettershank, 1966: 92; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 264.
Junior synonym of Syllophopsis australica: Heterick, 2001: 440.

Obsolete combinations

Ireneidris myops

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
Donisthorpe, H. 1943c. Ireneidris myops gen. et sp. n. (Hym., Formicidae) from Waigeu Island, Dutch New Guinea. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 79:81-82. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1943e. The ants (Hym., Formicidae) of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:433-475. PDF
Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171. PDF
Heterick, B. E. 2001. Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:353-459. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 14:1-109. PDF