Diacamma violaceum

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Diacamma violaceum Forel, 1900 valid

Diacamma scalpratum var. violaceum Forel, 1900f: 317 (diagnosis in key) (w.) MYANMAR. Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Myanmar (“Burma”): Moulmein (Hodgson), Myanmar (“Burma”): Thaungyin Valley (C.T. Bingham). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907217. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 133, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB.

Subspecies of Diacamma scalpratum: Emery, 1911e: 65; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 60; Bolton, 1995b: 171.
Status as species: Laciny et al., 2015: 93 (redescription); Zettel et al., 2016: 167; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 142.

Obsolete combinations

Diacamma scalpratum violaceum

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Forel, A. 1900f. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VII. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 13:303-332. PDF
Khachonpisitsak, S.; Yamane, S.; Sriwichai, P.; Jaitrong, W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998:1-182. 10.3897/zookeys.998.54902 PDF
Laciny, A.; Pal, A.; Zettel, H. 2015. Taxonomic notes on the ant genus Diacamma Mayr, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), part 1. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 67:83-136. PDF
Zettel, H.; Pal, A.; Laciny, A. 2016. Taxonomic notes on the ant genus Diacamma Mayr, 1862, part 2. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 68:129-168. PDF

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