Technomyrmex laurenti congolensis

Technomyrmex laurenti congolensis (Forel, 1916) junior synonym of current valid taxon Technomyrmex laurenti (Emery, 1899)

Engramma laurenti var. congolensis Forel, 1916: 431 (w.q.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated); 1 putative syntype queen. Primary type localities: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Congo”): St Gabriel (H. Kohl) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 923; no lectotype designated), Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Congo”): Bengemeza (H. Kohl). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB, SIZK. Primary type specimen: CASENT0909755. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 85, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 163, cites 9 worker, 1 queen syntypes in MHNG. 3) Radchenko et al., 2024: 286, cite 2 worker syntypes in SIZK.

Combination in Technomyrmex: Shattuck, 1992c: 161.
Subspecies of Technomyrmex laurenti: Wheeler, 1922: 923; Shattuck, 1994: 163.
Junior synonym of Technomyrmex laurenti: Bolton, 2007b: 25.

Obsolete combinations

Engramma laurenti congolensis

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102. PDF
Bolton, B. 2007b. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 35(1):1-150. PDF
Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 24:397-460. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Esteves, F. A.; Martynova, E. V.; Bazhenova, T. N.; Lasarenko, S. N. 2024. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 2. Dolichoderinae. Zootaxa 5432 (2):279-288. 10.11646/zootaxa.5432.2.7 PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21:1-181. 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
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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