Temnothorax albispinus
(Wheeler, 1908)
valid
Macromischa albispina
Wheeler, 1908a:
139, pl. 11, figs. 3, 4 (w.q.)
PUERTO RICO.
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Prebus, 2021b: 265). Type-locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Puerto Rico, Culebra Island, TYPE No. A.M.N.H. (W.M. Wheeler). Type-depository: MCZC. Type-specimen: M.C.Z. Type 1-3 21013 (lectotype; specimen furthest from pin). (Source: Prebus, 2021b: 266.)
Type notes:
1) Wheeler originally described this taxon from 30 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen. 2) Paralectotypes possibly also present in AMNH, MCZC.
- Lectotype designation: Prebus, 2021b: 265.
- Prebus, 2021b: 272 (m.)
- Combination in Macromischa (Antillaemyrmex): Mann, 1920b: 408.
- Combination in Antillaemyrmex: Wheeler, 1931b: 27.
- Combination in Leptothorax (Macromischa): Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 413.
- Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
- Status as species: Mann, 1920b: 409 (in key); Emery, 1924f: 246; Wheeler, 1931b: 27; Smith, 1937: 850; Wheeler, 1937b: 465; Kempf, 1972b: 135; Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 413 (redescription); Brandão, 1991: 351; Bolton, 1995b: 235; Bolton, 2003: 271; Prebus, 2021b: 60 (in key), 265 (diagnosis, redescription).
- Senior synonym of Temnothorax albispinus pallipes: Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 413; Brandão, 1991: 351; Bolton, 1995b: 235; Prebus, 2021b: 266.
Junior synonyms
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Temnothorax albispinus pallipes
(Wheeler, 1931)
Obsolete combination(s): Antillaemyrmex albispina pallipes
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1978b. Materiali per una revisione dei Leptothorax neotropicali appartenenti al sottogenere Macromischa Roger, n. comb. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 3:395-618. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
- Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
- Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Mann, W. M. 1920b. Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 42:403-439. PDF
- Prebus, M. M. 2021b. Taxonomic revision of the Temnothorax salvini clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a key to the clades of New World Temnothorax. PeerJ 9:462 pp. e11514. 10.7717/peerj.11514 PDF
- Smith, M. R. 1937 ("1936"). The ants of Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 20:819-875. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1908a. The ants of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:117-158. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1931b. New and little-known ants of the genera Macromischa, Creosomyrmex and Antillaemyrmex. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 72:1-34. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1937b. Ants mostly from the mountains of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 81:439-465. PDF