Acropyga yaeyamensis

Acropyga yaeyamensis Terayama & Hashimoto, 1996 valid

Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) yaeyamensis Terayama & Hashimoto, 1996: 5, figs. 13-15 (w.) JAPAN (Yaeyama Is). Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Japan: Okinawa Pref., Yaeyama Is, Iriomote-jima, Urauchi, 28.iii.1991 (M. Terayama). Primary type depository: MNHA. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker Okinawa Pref., Yaeyama Is, Ishigaki-jima (M. Morisita). Secondary type depository: MNHA.

Status as species: Terayama et al., 2002: 26 (redescription); Imai et al., 2003: 83; Lin & Wu, 2003: 62; LaPolla, 2004a: 74 (redescription); Terayama, 2009: 204; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 66; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 27.
Senior synonym of Acropyga guangxiensis: LaPolla, 2004a: 74.
Senior synonym of Acropyga yunnanensis: LaPolla, 2004a: 74.

Junior synonyms

Acropyga guangxiensis Terayama et al., 2002
Acropyga yunnanensis Terayama et al., 2002

Citations

Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
Imai, H. T.; Kihara, A.; Kondoh, M.; Kubota, M.; Kuribayashi, S.; Ogata, K.; Onoyama, K.; Taylor, R. W.; Terayama, M.; Tsukii, Y.; Yoshimura, M.; Ugawa, Y. 2003. Ants of Japan. Tokyo: Gakken, 224 pp. PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2004a. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the world. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 33(3):1-130. PDF
Lin, C.-C.; Wu, W.-J. 2003. The ant fauna of Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with keys to subfamilies and genera. [In Chinese.]. Guoli Taiwan Bowuguan Niankan 46:5-69.
Ran, H.; Zhou, S. 2011. Checklist of Chinese ants: the formicomorph subfamilies. Journal of Guangxi Normal University, Natural Science Edition 29 (3):65-73.
Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266. PDF
Terayama, M.; Fellowes, J. R.; Zhou, S. 2002. The East Asian species of the ant genus Acropyga Roger, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Edaphologia 70:21-32. PDF
Terayama, M.; Hashimoto, Y. 1996. Taxonomic studies on the Japanese Formicidae, part 1. Introduction to this series and descriptions of four new species of the genera Hypoponera, Formica and Acropyga. Nature & Human Activities 1:1-8. PDF

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