Myrmecina americana brevispinosa
Creighton, 1950
junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmecina americana Emery, 1895
Myrmecina americana subsp. brevispinosa
Creighton, 1950a:
249 (w.q.m.)
U.S.A. (District of Columbia).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated), 1 syntype male. Type-locality: at least 1 worker, 1 queen U.S.A.: District of Columbia (no collector’s name) (by restriction of Creighton, 1950a: 249). Type-depositories: MCZC, MNHU, MSNG, USNM.
Type notes:
Other syntypes and localities mentioned by Emery include: 1 worker New York, 1 worker Pennsylvania, 1 worker, 1 queen Carolina, 1 male with no locality data.
- [First available use of Myrmecina latreillii americana brevispinosa ; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1901c: 519 (in text); Wheeler, 1904f: 300; Wheeler, 1906g: 2; Wheeler, 1906i: 335; Wheeler, 1908h: 422; Wheeler, 1910a: 562; Wheeler, 1916r: 581; Wheeler, 1917a: 502; Emery, 1924f: 232; Smith, 1930a: 4; Cole, 1937a: 98; Dennis, 1938: 278; Smith, 1948: 239 (footnote).
- [Note: material of Myrmecina americana brevispinosa (as an unavailable name) referred to Myrmecina americana by Dennis, 1938: 278; Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 92; Smith, 1951c: 816.]
- Subspecies of Myrmecina americana: Creighton, 1950a: 249; Snelling, 1965b: 105 (in key).
- Junior synonym of Myrmecina americana: Brown, 1951: 103; Smith, 1951c: 816; Cole, 1953i: 300; Brown, 1967c: 236; Smith, 1979: 1399; Bolton, 1995b: 274; Coovert, 2005: 82.
Citations
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- Dennis, C. A. 1938. The distribution of ant species in Tennessee with reference to ecological factors. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 31:267-308. PDF
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