Prionopelta opaca

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Prionopelta opaca Emery, 1897 valid

Prionopelta opaca Emery, 1897c: 596, pl. 15, figs. 44, 45 (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 (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): (no further data) (L. Biró). Primary type depositories: HNHM, MHNG, MSNG, SIZK. Primary type specimen: CASENT0916800. Type notes: Radchenko et al., 2023: 22, cite 1 worker syntype in SIZK.

Wheeler & Wheeler, 1964b: 447 (l.)
Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 33; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 26; Wilson, 1958c: 149; Brown, 1960a: 178, 220; Taylor, 1976a: 78; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 39; Taylor, 1987a: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Clouse, 2007b: 260; Shattuck, 2008b: 29 (redescription); Sarnat et al., 2013: 69.
Senior synonym of Prionopelta mocsaryi: Brown, 1958k: 149; Brown, 1960a: 178, 216; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Shattuck, 2008b: 29.

Junior synonyms

Prionopelta mocsaryi Forel, 1907

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958k. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Prionopelta attributed to Brown.]. P. 149 in: Wilson, E. O. 1958c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. I. The tribe Leptogenyini. II. The tribes Amblyoponini and Platythyreini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:101-153. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1960a. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122:143-230. PDF
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Clouse, R. M. 2007b. The ants of Micronesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Micronesica 39:171-295. PDF
Emery, C. 1897c. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Természetrajzi Füzetek 20:571-599. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Esteves, F. A.; Martynova, E. V.; Bazhenova, T. N.; Lasarenko, S. N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa 5244 (1):1-32. 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1 PDF
Sarnat, E. M.; Blanchard, B.; Guénard, B.; Fasi, J.; Economo, E. P. 2013. Checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Solomon Islands and a new survey of Makira Island. ZooKeys 257:47-88. PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 2008b. Revision of the ant genus Prionopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Indo-Pacific region. Zootaxa 1846:21-34. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1976a. The ants of Rennell and Bellona Islands. Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands 7:73-90.
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1964b. The ant larvae of the subfamily Ponerinae: supplement. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 57:443-462. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1958c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. I. The tribe Leptogenyini. II. The tribes Amblyoponini and Platythyreini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:101-153. PDF

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