Tapinoma pellucida (Smith, 1857) junior synonym of current valid taxon Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)
Myrmica pellucida Smith, 1857a: 71 (w.) SINGAPORE. Indomalaya.
Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Singapore: (no further data) “House ant, very active, but not destructive” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depositories: BMNH, OXUM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0903062. Type notes: 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 449, and Shattuck, 1994: 148, cite 4 worker syntypes in BMNH (1 incorrectly labelled as holotype). 2) 4 worker syntypes in OXUM, “without locality label but with Smith determination label (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).
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