Temnothorax subditivus
(Wheeler, 1903)
valid
Macromischa subditiva
Wheeler, 1903c:
99, fig. 5 (w.)
U.S.A. (Texas).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Prebus, 2021b: 430). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Texas, Travis County: Austin, 15.v.1903, on bark of Salix nigra (W.M. Wheeler), Type No. A.M.N.H., M.C.Z. Type 2-1 16371. Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZENT00016371 (lectotype; middle specimen on pin). (Source: Prebus, 2021b: 430.)
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers. Secondary type localities: 2 paralectotype workers with same data as lectotype (on same pin as lectotype); 3 paralectotype workers with same data as lectotype; 1 paralectotype worker [no locality data], [no collection date], Type No. A.M.N.H., Type 16371 (W.M. Wheeler). Secondary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type specimens: MCZENT00016371 (top and bottom specimens on same pin as lectotype), MCZENT00578574, MCZENT00578573. (Source: Prebus, 2021b: 430.)
Type notes:
The lectotype series does not correspond to either of the original syntype series, either by locality or by date. Wheeler described Temnothorax subditivus from two Texas series, one from Walnut Creek, near Austin, 12.v.1901 (W.M. Wheeler), the other from New Braunfels, 3.vi.1901 (W.M. Wheeler); he noted that it was, “A rare species described from a few specimens”; material is probably in MCZC. Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 515, records 5 workers from “N. Braunfeld” (in CUIC, MSNG, USNM), but the date on these is 25.x.1902, which does not correspond with Wheeler’s record of 3.vi.1901.
- Lectotype designation: Prebus, 2021b: 430.
- [Misspelled as subdetiva by Mann, 1920b: 409 (in key).]
- Wheeler, 1931b: 15 (q.); Smith, 1939e: 504 (m.); Prebus, 2021b: 437 (q.m.)
- Combination in Leptothorax (Macromischa): Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 512.
- Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 272.
- Status as species: Wheeler, 1908a: 141 (in key); Wheeler, 1910a: 567; Mann, 1920b: 409 (in key); Emery, 1924f: 247; Wheeler, 1931b: 15; Wheeler, 1937b: 465; Smith, 1939e: 503 (redescription); Creighton, 1950a: 252; Smith, 1951c: 816; Creighton, 1966a: 282; Smith, 1979: 1390; Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 512 (redescription); Brandão, 1991: 353; Bolton, 1995b: 245; Bolton, 2003: 272; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 262; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 826; Prebus, 2021b: 56 (in key), 428 (diagnosis, redescription).
- Senior synonym of Temnothorax flavitarsis: Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 512; Brandão, 1991: 353; Bolton, 1995b: 245; Prebus, 2021b: 429.
- Senior synonym of Temnothorax laevissima: Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 512; Brandão, 1991: 353; Bolton, 1995b: 245; Prebus, 2021b: 428.
- Senior synonym of Temnothorax luciliae: Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 512; Brandão, 1991: 353; Bolton, 1995b: 245; Prebus, 2021b: 429.
Junior synonyms
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Temnothorax flavitarsis
(Mann, 1920)
Obsolete combination(s): Macromischa flavitarsis
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Temnothorax laevissima
(Wheeler, 1911)
Obsolete combination(s): Macromischa laevissima
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Temnothorax luciliae
(Mann, 1935)
Obsolete combination(s): Macromischa luciliae
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
- Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. PDF
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
- Creighton, W. S. 1966a ("1965"). The habits and distribution of Macromischa subditiva Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 72:282-286. PDF
- Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
- Fernández, F.; Serna, F. J. 2019. Subfamilia Myrmicinae. Capítulo 27. Pp. 791-888 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. 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, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
- Smith, M. R. 1939e. Ants of the genus Macromischa Roger in the United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 32:502-509. PDF
- Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1903c. A decad of Texan Formicidae. Psyche (Cambridge) 10:93-111. 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. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. 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