Trichomyrmex santschii major

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

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Trichomyrmex santschii major (Bernard, 1953) junior synonym of current valid taxon Trichomyrmex santschii (Forel, 1907)

Monomorium (Isolcomyrmex) santschii var. major Bernard, 1953a: 168 (w.) ALGERIA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 4 syntype workers. Primary type localities: 3 syntypes Algeria: Tassili des Ajjer, st. 37, wadi Issandilène, iii.-v.1949 (F. Bernard); 1 syntype Algeria: Tassili des Ajjer, plateau de Dider, N slope, st. 47, 1400 m., iii.-v.1949 (F. Bernard). Primary type depository: MNHN. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913634.

Subspecies of Trichomyrmex santschii: Ettershank, 1966: 90.
Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 264; Borowiec, 2014: 121 (error).
Senior synonym of Trichomyrmex santschianum: Bolton, 1995b: 264.
Junior synonym of Trichomyrmex santschii: Bolton, 1995b: 264.
[Note: Bolton, 1995b: 264, gave seniority to Trichomyrmex santschii major because of then current homonymic status, but Trichomyrmex santschii Forel, 1907e, has priority on transfer of Trichomyrmex santschii Forel, 1907e from Monomorium to Trichomyrmex, with redundancy of homonymy]

Obsolete combinations

Citations

Bernard, F. 1953a. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) 1953. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171. PDF

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