Forelius antarcticus

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Forelius antarcticus (Forel, 1904) valid

Tapinoma antarcticum Forel, 1904d: 17 (w.q.) CHILE. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Guerrero, 2021: 430). Primary type locality: lectotype Chile: Valparaiso (Hoffmann). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC, MHNG. Type notes: Shattuck, 1994: 141, cites 72 worker, 3 queen syntypes (3w AMNH, 3w MCZC, 66w, 3q MHNG).

Lectotype designation: Guerrero, 2021: 430.
Combination in Forelius: Guerrero, 2021: 430.
Status as species: Emery, 1906c: 177; Emery, 1913a: 41; Menozzi, 1935c: 321; Goetsch & Menozzi, 1935: 98; Kempf, 1970a: 28; Kempf, 1972b: 247; Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 90; Shattuck, 1994: 141; Bolton, 1995b: 399; Guerrero, 2021: 430 (redescription).
Senior synonym of Forelius fazi: Menozzi, 1935c: 321; Kempf, 1970a: 28; Kempf, 1972b: 247; Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 90; Shattuck, 1994: 141; Bolton, 1995b: 399; Guerrero, 2021: 430.
Material of the nomen nudum Forelius eidmanni referred here by Menozzi, 1935c: 321; Goetsch & Menozzi, 1935: 98; Kempf, 1970a: 28; Kempf, 1972b: 247; Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 90; Shattuck, 1994: 141; Bolton, 1995b: 399; Guerrero, 2021: 430.

Junior synonyms

Forelius fazi (Santschi, 1923)
Obsolete combination(s): Tapinoma fazi

Obsolete combinations

Tapinoma antarcticum

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1906c ("1905"). Studi sulle formiche della fauna Neotropica. XXXVII. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 37 (1905):107-194. PDF
Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
Forel, A. 1904d. Miscellanea myrmécologiques. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 12:1-52. PDF
Goetsch, W.; Menozzi, C. 1935. Die Ameisen Chiles. Konowia 14:94-102. PDF
Guerrero, R. J. 2021. Transfer of two South American ant species from Tapinoma Foerster 1850 to Forelius Emery 1888 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Zootaxa 4920 (3):428–438. 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.3.8 PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1970a. Catálogo das formigas do Chile. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 23:17-43. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Menozzi, C. 1935c. Fauna Chilensis. II. (Nach Sammlungen von W. Goetsch). Le formiche del Cile. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 67:319-336. 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
Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1976 ("1975"). The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Chilena de Entomología 9:63-129. PDF

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