Myrmoteras ceylonicum

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Myrmoteras ceylonicum Gregg, 1957 valid

Myrmoteras ceylonica Gregg, 1957: 41, fig. 1 (w.) SRI LANKA. Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Kandy, Udawaddatekele Sanctuary, 2000 ft, 13.vii.1955, no. 1245 (E.O. Wilson). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: FMNH, MCZC. Secondary type specimen: FMNHINS0000062663.

[Justified emendation of spelling to Myrmoteras ceylonicum by B. Bolton.]
Combination in Myrmoteras (Myrmoteras): Moffett, 1985b: 17; Agosti, 1992: 409; Zettel & Sorger, 2011: 66.
Status as species: Moffett, 1985b: 27 (redescription); Agosti, 1992: 409; Bolton, 1995b: 287; Zettel & Sorger, 2011: 66; Dias et al., 2020: 44.

Citations

Agosti, D. 1992. Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Malay Archipelago (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 99:405-429. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dias, R. K. S.; Guénard, B.; Akbar, S. A.; Economo, E. P.; Udayakantha, W. S.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2020. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist. ZooKeys 967:1-142. 10.3897/zookeys.967.54432 PDF
Gregg, R. E. 1957 ("1956"). A new species of Myrmoteras from Ceylon (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 63:41-45. PDF
Moffett, M. W. 1985b. Revision of the genus Myrmoteras (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 151:1-53. PDF
Zettel, H.; Sorger, D. M. 2011. New Myrmoteras ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the southeastern Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59:61-67. PDF

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