Technomyrmex sophiae

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Technomyrmex sophiae Forel, 1902 valid

Technomyrmex sophiae Forel, 1902j: 474 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Australia: Queensland, Mackay, 9.91 (G. Turner). Primary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MHNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 87, cites 2 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 167, cites 15 worker, 6 queen syntypes (3w ANIC, 12w, 6q MHNG).

Status as species: Emery, 1913a: 44; Forel, 1915b: 85; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 107; Taylor, 1987a: 77; Shattuck, 1994: 167; Bolton, 1995b: 403; Bolton, 2007b: 117 (redescription).

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
Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:405-548. PDF
Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(16):1-119. 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
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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