Technomyrmex albipes rufescens

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Technomyrmex albipes rufescens Santschi, 1928 junior synonym of current valid taxon Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921

Technomyrmex albipes st. rufescens Santschi, 1928c: 70, fig. 1 (w.-q. intercaste) FIJI (Lau Is). Oceania.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype worker-queen intercastes. Primary type locality: Fiji Is: Lau, Aiwa, 9.i.1924 and 31.viii.1924 (E.H. Bryan). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0911581. Type notes: 1) Syntypes are worker-queen intercastes, not workers as stated in the original description (Bolton, 2007b: 104). 2) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 87, Shattuck, 1994: 157, and Bolton, 2007b: 104, cite 1 worker syntype in NHMB.

[Technomyrmex albipes st. rufescens Santschi, 1928a: 53. Nomen nudum.]
Subspecies of Technomyrmex albipes: Wheeler, 1935g: 37.
Junior synonym of Technomyrmex albipes: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 82; Shattuck, 1994: 157; Bolton, 1995b: 403; Zhou, 2001a: 158.
Junior synonym of Technomyrmex vitiensis: Bolton, 2007b: 104; Jaitrong & Yamane, 2024: 63.

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. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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
Jaitrong, W.; Yamane, S. 2024. A revision of the ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr, 1872 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) in Thailand and Laos. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 66 (1):29-118. PDF
Santschi, F. 1928a. Formicidae (Fourmis). Insects Samoa 5:41-58. PDF
Santschi, F. 1928c. Fourmis de îles Fidji. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 35:67-74. 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. 1935g. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 14:1-109. PDF
Zhou, S. 2001a. Ants of Guangxi. [In Chinese.]. Guilin, China: Guangxi Normal University Press, 255 pp. PDF

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