Philidris myrmecodiae andamanensis

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Philidris myrmecodiae andamanensis (Forel, 1903) valid

Iridomyrmex myrmecodiae var. andamanensis Forel, 1903f: 407 (w.m.) INDIA (Andaman Is). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: India: Andaman Is, S Andaman I., Shoat Bay, Lokolot (no collector’s name) (sent by C.T. Bingham), India: Andaman Is, Little Andaman I., Bumila Creek (no collector’s name) (sent by C.T. Bingham), India: Andaman Is, Port Blair I., Chatham (no collector’s name) (sent by C.T. Bingham), Andaman Is, Kyd I. (no collector’s name) (sent by C.T. Bingham). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 75, cites 1 worker, 2 male syntypes in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 137, cites 27 worker, 29 male syntypes (3w MCZC, 24w, 29m MHNG).

Combination in Philidris: Shattuck, 1992a: 18.
Subspecies of Philidris myrmecodiae: Emery, 1913a: 25; Shattuck, 1994: 137; Bolton, 1995b: 334; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 7; Bharti et al., 2016: 19.

Obsolete combinations

Iridomyrmex myrmecodiae andamanensis

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
Bharti, H.; Guénard, B.; Bharti, M.; Economo, E. P. 2016. An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:1-83. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
Forel, A. 1903f. Les fourmis des îles Andamans et Nicobares. Rapports de cette faune avec ses voisines. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 11:399-411. PDF
Mohanraj, P.; Ali, M.; Veerakumari, K. 2010. Formicidae of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal). Journal of Insect Science 10 (Article 172):1-11. PDF
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

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