Tapinoma melanocephalum malesianum
Forel, 1913
junior synonym of current valid taxon Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
Tapinoma melanocephalum var. malesiana
Forel, 1913l:
93 (w.q.)
INDONESIA (Sumatra).
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Guerrero, 2018: 500). Primary type locality: lectotype Indonesia: Sumatra, Soengei Bamban (H. von Buttel-Reepen). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0909776.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 46 paralectotype workers, 6 paralectotype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
- Lectotype designation: Guerrero, 2018: 500.
- Subspecies of Tapinoma melanocephalum: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 192; Shattuck, 1994: 148; Bolton, 1995b: 400.
- Junior synonym of Tapinoma melanocephalum: Guerrero, 2018: 500; Seifert, 2022: 38.
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- 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
- Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148. PDF
- Guerrero, R. J. 2018. Taxonomic identity of the ghost ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793) (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Zootaxa 4410:497-510. 10.11646/zootaxaa.4410.3.4 PDF
- Seifert, B. 2022. The previous concept of the cosmopolitan pest ant Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793) includes two species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Tapinoma). Osmia 10:35-44. 10.47446/OSMIA10.4 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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valid
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