Tetramorium wheeleri

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Tetramorium wheeleri Forel, 1901 junior synonym of current valid taxon Tetramorium spinosum (Pergande, 1896)

Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex) wheeleri Forel, 1901d: 128 (w.) MEXICO (Zacatecas). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Mexico: Zacatecas, Pacheco (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG.

Combination in Xiphomyrmex: Wheeler, 1915b: 416.
Subspecies of Tetramorium spinosum: Wheeler, 1915b: 416; Emery, 1924f: 289; Cole, 1937b: 136; Smith, 1938a: 130 (redescription); Creighton, 1950a: 294; Smith, 1951c: 824; Smith, 1979: 1401.
Junior synonym of Tetramorium spinosum: Bolton, 1979: 163; Bolton, 1995b: 416.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1979. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region and in the New World. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 38:129-181. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1937b. An annotated list of the ants of Arizona (Hym.: Formicidae). [concl.]. Entomological News 48:134-140. PDF
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Forel, A. 1901d. I. Fourmis mexicaines récoltées par M. le professeur W.-M. Wheeler. II. A propos de la classification des fourmis. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:123-141. 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. 1938a. A study of the North American ants of the genus Xiphomyrmex Forel. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 28:126-130. 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. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34:389-421. PDF

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