Chelaner occidaneus

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Chelaner occidaneus (Crawley, 1922) junior synonym of current valid taxon Chelaner leae (Forel, 1913)

Monomorium occidaneus Crawley, 1922a: 447, fig. 10 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Heterick, 2005: 150). Type-locality: lectotype Australia: Western Australia, Swan River, no. 95 (J. Clark). Type-depository: OXUM. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 1 paralectotype queen. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository: OXUM.

Letotype designation: Heterick, 2005: 150.
Combination in Monomorium: Taylor, 1987b: 3
Combination in Chelaner: Ettershank, 1966: 97; Sparks et al., 2019: 233
Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 97; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 57; Taylor, 1987a: 20; Bolton, 1995b: 265.
Junior synonym of Chelaner leae: Heterick, 2005: 150

Obsolete combinations

Monomorium occidaneum

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Crawley, W. C. 1922a. New ants from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)9:427-448. 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
Heterick, B. E. 2005. Identity of Monomorium occidaneum Crawley, a species inquirenda, and status of Monomoriun micron Crawley (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 44:150-151. PDF
Sparks, K. S.; Andersen, A. N.; Austin, A. D. 2019. A multi-gene phylogeny of Australian Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) results in reinterpretation of the genus and resurrection of Chelaner Emery. Invertebrate Systematics 33:225-236. 10.1071/ISI6080 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. 1987b. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). First supplement, 10 July, 1987. CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41(Suppl.1):1-5.
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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