Forelius breviscapus obscuratus

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Forelius breviscapus obscuratus Santschi, 1922 junior synonym of current valid taxon Forelius breviscapus Forel, 1914

Forelius breviscapus var. obscurata Santschi, 1922c: 374 (w.) ARGENTINA (Córdoba, Tucumán). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Argentina: Córdoba (V. Weiser) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 109; no lectotype designated), Argentina: Tucumán (Shipton). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 84, cites 3 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 92, cites 29 worker, 10 queen, 5 male syntypes (26w, 10q, 5m MHNG, 3w NHMB).

[First available use of Forelius maccooki breviscapus obscuratus Forel, 1914d; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Bruch, 1915: 534; Gallardo, 1916b: 81.
Subspecies of Forelius breviscapus: Kempf, 1972b: 109; Shattuck, 1994: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 190.
Junior synonym of Forelius breviscapus: Cuezzo, 2000: 235

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bruch, C. 1915. Suplemento al catálogo de los formícidos argentinos. I. (Addenda et corrigenda). Revista del Museo de La Plata 19:527-537. PDF
Cuezzo, F. 2000. Revisión del género Forelius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Sociobiology 35:197-275. PDF
Gallardo, A. 1916b. Las hormigas de la República Argentina. Subfamilia Dolicoderinas. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 28:1-130. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Santschi, F. 1922c. Myrmicines, dolichodérines et autres formicides néotropiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 54:345-378. PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241. PDF

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