Papyrius nitidus oceanicus
(Forel, 1901)
valid
Iridomyrmex nitidus r. oceanicus
Forel, 1901c:
20 (w.q.m.)
NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
Australasia.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain I., Ralum (F. Dahl). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB, OXUM.
Type notes:
1) In the original description Forel, 1901c: 21, records that nests with alate queens and males were dated 1.vi.1896, 4.vii.1896, 18.vii.1896, and 20.x.1896. 2) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 76, cites 3 worker syntypes in NHMB. 3) Shattuck, 1994: 134, cites 36 worker, 12 queen, 18 male syntypes (32w, 12q, 18m MHNG, 3w NHMB, 1w OXUM).
- Combination in Papyrius: Shattuck, 1992a: 17.
- Subspecies of Papyrius nitidus: Dahl, 1901: 13 (in key); Stitz, 1911a: 368; Emery, 1913a: 25; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 529; Shattuck, 1994: 134; Bolton, 1995b: 311.
Obsolete combinations
Infrasubspecies
- P. n. o. victorianus (Stitz, 1911)
Citations
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Dahl, F. 1901. Das Leben der Ameisen im Bismarck-Archipel, nach eigenen Beobachtungen vergleichend dargestellt. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 2:1-70. PDF
- Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
- Forel, A. 1901c. Formiciden aus dem Bismarck-Archipel, auf Grundlage des von Prof. Dr. F. Dahl gesammelten Materials. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 2:4-37.
- Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31:13-18. PDF
- Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241. PDF
- Stitz, H. 1911a. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911:351-381. PDF
- Viehmeyer, H. 1914c. Papuanische Ameisen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1914:515-535. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
- All genera
- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae
- No valid child taxa
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