Myrmicaria nitida

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Myrmicaria nitida Stitz, 1910 junior synonym of current valid taxon Myrmicaria opaciventris congolensis Forel, 1909

Myrmicaria nitida Stitz, 1910: 133 (w.) CAMEROON, EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”). Primary type localities: Cameroon: Duala (Schäfer) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 826; no lectotype designated), 1 worker Equatorial Guinea (“Spanish Guinea”): Nkolentanga (G.T. Tessmann). Primary type depository: MNHU.

Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 826.
Junior synonym of Myrmicaria opaciventris congolensis: Forel, 1910f: 421; Emery, 1922c: 123; Santschi, 1925c: 150; Bolton, 1995b: 285.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
Forel, A. 1910f. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 54:421-458. PDF
Santschi, F. 1925c ("1924"). Révision des Myrmicaria d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 64:133-176. PDF
Stitz, H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5:125-151. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 homonym, 1 obsolete combination)

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