Monomorium specularis

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Monomorium specularis Mayr, 1866 junior synonym of current valid taxon Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)

Monomorium specularis Mayr, 1866a: 509 (w.) SAMOA (Upolu). Oceania.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Heterick, 2006: 123). Primary type locality: lectotype Samoa (“Schiffer Is”): Upolu (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: NHMW. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMW.

Lectotype designation: Heterick, 2006: 123.
Status as species: Mayr, 1872: 153; Mayr, 1876: 100 (in key); Emery, 1887f: 457.
Junior synonym of Monomorium floricola: Mayr, 1879: 671; Dalla Torre, 1893: 66; Forel, 1895b: 125; Emery, 1895d: 275; Forel, 1899b: 79; Bingham, in Rothney, 1903: 97; Wheeler, 1908a: 127; Wheeler, 1919f: 84; Emery, 1922c: 172; Wheeler, 1922: 863; Menozzi & Russo, 1930: 156; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 64; Kempf, 1972b: 144; Smith, 1979: 1382; Bolton, 1987: 390; Bolton, 1995b: 267; Tiwari, 1999: 54; Zhou, 2001a: 116; Heterick, 2006: 122; Sharaf et al., 2021: 28.

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