Strumigenys membranifera
Emery, 1869
valid
Strumigenys (Trichoscapa) membranifera
Emery, 1869b:
24, fig. 11 (w.)
ITALY.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Italy: Napoli, Portici, 24.ix.1867 (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MSNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0102081.
- Emery, 1916a: 205 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1991b: 93 (l.)
- Combination in Strumigenys (Cephaloxys): Emery, 1916a: 205.
- Combination in Trichoscapa: Brown, 1948e: 113.
- Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1673.
- Combination in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 123.
- Status as species: Emery, 1875b: 474; Emery & Forel, 1879: 464; André, 1883b: 400 (in key); Forel, 1886a: 216 (in key); Emery, 1890c: pl. viii, fig. 4; Dalla Torre, 1893: 147; Wheeler, 1908a: 144; Santschi, 1913b: 258; Emery, 1916a: 205; Bondroit, 1918: 168; Emery, 1924f: 323; Smith, 1931c: 856; Finzi, 1936: 183; Wesson & Wesson, 1939: 108; Brown, 1948e: 114; Brown, 1949d: 6; Creighton, 1950a: 306; Smith, 1951c: 829; Weber, 1952c: 18; Wilson, 1954a: 483; Smith, 1958c: 137; Smith, 1967a: 362; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 35; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 154; Kempf, 1972b: 255; Smith, 1979: 1408; Onoyama, 1980a: 198; Bolton, 1983: 319 (redescription); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 53; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 265 (in key); Kugler, 1988: 258; Ward, 1988: 122 (in key); Terayama & Kubota, 1989: 790; Deyrup et al., 1989: 98; Ogata, 1991b: 138; Mei, 1992a: 419; Morisita et al., 1992: 73; Dlussky, 1993b: 57; Dlussky, 1994a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 421; Mei, 1995: 766; Poldi et al., 1995: 6; Schembri & Collingwood, 1995: 154; Deyrup, 1997: 5; Espadaler, 1997g: 32; Bolton, 2000: 322 (redescription); Deyrup et al., 2000: 299; Wetterer, 2002: 129; Deyrup, 2003: 47; Imai et al., 2003: 105; Lin & Wu, 2003: 63; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 417; Xu & Zhou, 2004: 441 (in key); MacGown & Forster, 2005: 68; MacGown et al., 2005: 287; Ward, 2005: 67; Gómez & Espadaler, 2006: 230; Petrov, 2006: 84 (in key); Clouse, 2007b: 227; Wetterer et al., 2007: 22; Framenau & Thomas, 2008: 71; Terayama, 2009: 138; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009: 44; Legakis, 2011: 4; Wetterer, 2011b: 129; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 533; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 52; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 24; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 118; Bharti & Akbar, 2013b: 393 (in key); Sarnat et al., 2013: 72; Borowiec, 2014: 165; Ramage, 2014: 159; Bharti et al., 2016: 44; Lebas et al., 2016: 340; Wetterer et al., 2016: 19; Deyrup, 2017: 133; Guerrero et al., 2018: 256; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 22; Booher et al., 2019: 355 (in key); Dekoninck et al., 2019: 1157; Lubertazzi, 2019: 179; Pérez-Pedraza & Fernández, 2019: 1086; Sarnat et al., 2019: 37; Tang et al., 2019: 26; Salata et al., 2019: 17; Dias et al., 2020: 92; Dong & Kim, 2020: 14 (redescription); Sharaf et al., 2020: 550; Booher, 2021: 233.
- Senior synonym of Strumigenys foochowensis: Brown, 1948e: 114; Brown, 1949d: 7; Smith, 1979: 1408; Bolton, 1983: 319; Terayama & Kubota, 1989: 790; Bolton, 1995b: 421; Bolton, 2000: 322; Imai et al., 2003: 105; Sarnat et al., 2019: 37.
- Senior synonym of Strumigenys membranifera marioni: Brown, 1948e: 114; Brown, 1949d: 7; Smith, 1951c: 829; Smith, 1979: 1408; Bolton, 1983: 319; Terayama & Kubota, 1989: 790; Bolton, 1995b: 421; Bolton, 2000: 322; Imai et al., 2003: 105; Sarnat et al., 2019: 37.
- Senior synonym of Strumigenys membranifera santschii: Brown, 1948e: 114; Brown, 1949d: 7; Smith, 1979: 1408; Bolton, 1983: 319; Bolton, 1995b: 421; Bolton, 2000: 322; Imai et al., 2003: 105; Sarnat et al., 2019: 37.
- Senior synonym of Strumigenys silvestriana: Brown, 1948e: 114; Brown, 1949d: 7; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 107; Smith, 1979: 1408; Bolton, 1983: 319; Terayama & Kubota, 1989: 790; Bolton, 1995b: 421; Bolton, 2000: 322; Imai et al., 2003: 105; Sarnat et al., 2019: 37.
- Senior synonym of Strumigenys membranifera simillima: Brown, 1948e: 114; Brown, 1949d: 7; Smith, 1951c: 829; Weber, 1952b: 7; Kempf, 1972b: 255; Smith, 1979: 1408; Bolton, 1983: 319; Terayama & Kubota, 1989: 790; Bolton, 1995b: 421; Bolton, 2000: 322; Imai et al., 2003: 105; Sarnat et al., 2019: 37.
- Senior synonym of Strumigenys vitiensis: Brown, 1948e: 114; Brown, 1949d: 7; Smith, 1979: 1408; Bolton, 1983: 319; Terayama & Kubota, 1989: 790; Dlussky, 1993b: 57; Dlussky, 1994a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 421; Bolton, 2000: 322; Imai et al., 2003: 105.
- Senior synonym of Strumigenys membranifera williamsi: Brown, 1948e: 114; Brown, 1949d: 7; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 35; Smith, 1979: 1408; Bolton, 1983: 319; Terayama & Kubota, 1989: 790; Bolton, 1995b: 421; Bolton, 2000: 322; Imai et al., 2003: 105; Sarnat et al., 2019: 37.
Junior synonyms
- Strumigenys foochowensis Wheeler, 1928
- Strumigenys membranifera marioni Wheeler, 1933
- Strumigenys membranifera santschii Forel, 1904
- Strumigenys membranifera simillima Emery, 1890
- Strumigenys membranifera williamsi Wheeler, 1933
- Strumigenys silvestriana Wheeler, 1928
- Strumigenys vitiensis Mann, 1921
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