Strumigenys megaera
(Bolton, 2000)
valid
Pyramica megaera
Bolton, 2000:
437, fig. 270 (w.q.)
BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sabah).
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Sabah, Poring Hot Springs, 11.v.1987, 500 m., no. 21 (Burckhardt & Löbl). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 26 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype but 9.v.1987, no. 18, 21 paratype workers Sabah, Sepilok Forest Res., nr Sandakan, 12.vi.1968, rainforest leafmould berlesate, acc. 68.45 [ANIC ants vial 17.188] (R.W. Taylor), 1 paratype worker Sabah, mi. 45 Labuk Rd, ex Sandakan (Lungmanis), 12-13.vi.1968, rainforest berlesate acc. 68.477 (R.W. Taylor), 1 paratype queen Sabah, Tawau, Quoin Hill, 750 ft, 16-19.vi.1968, leafmould berlesate acc. 68.613 (R.W. Taylor). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, MHNG.
- Combination in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 123
- Status as species: Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 51.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Baroni Urbani, C.; De Andrade, M. L. 2007. The ant tribe Dacetini: limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 99:1-191. PDF
- Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.
- Pfeiffer, M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58. PDF