Myrmicaria tigreensis

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Myrmicaria tigreensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) valid

Myrmica tigreensis Guérin-Méneville, 1849: 351, pl. 7, fig. 7 (m.) ETHIOPIA, SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype males (number not stated). Primary type localities: 1 male (“severely damaged”) Ethiopia (“Abyssinia”): (no further data) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 827; no lectotype designated), males (“in good condition”) South Africa: Port Natal (= Durban) (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MNHN. Type notes: According to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 99, Guérin’s Hymenoptera material was split between MNHN, MSNG, and ZSBS, but some are also present in NNML.

Combination in Myrmicaria: Smith, 1858a: 141.
Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 141; Roger, 1863b: 28; Mayr, 1863a: 436; Dalla Torre, 1893: 156; Emery, 1922c: 123; Wheeler, 1922: 827; Bolton, 1995b: 286.

Obsolete combinations

Myrmica tigreensis

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
Guérin-Méneville, F. E. 1849. Insectes. Pp. 241-398 in: Lefebvre, T. 1849. 1847-1851. Voyage en Abyssinie exécuté pendant les années 1839-1843. Pt. IV. Tom. VI. Histoire naturelle - Zoologie. Paris: Bertrand, 398 pp.
Horn, W.; Kahle, I. 1935. Sammlungen, welche ihren Eigentümer gewechselt haben [Part 1]. Entomologische Beihefte aus Berlin-Dahlem 2:1-160.
Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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