Froggattella kirbii nigripes

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Froggattella kirbii nigripes Wheeler, 1936 junior synonym of current valid taxon Froggattella kirbii (Lowne, 1865)

Froggattella kirbyi subsp. nigripes [sic] Wheeler, 1936a: 8 (w.) Note: kirbyi is an unjustified emendation of spelling of Froggattella kirbii. AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 13 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Australia: Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, Coen, v.1932 (P.J. Darlington). Primary type depositories: MCZC, USNM. Type notes: Shattuck, 1994: 98, cites 13 worker syntypes (11 MCZC, 2 USNM).

Subspecies of Froggattella kirbii: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 96; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Shattuck, 1994: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 207.
Junior synonym of Froggattella kirbii: Shattuck, 1996b: 45

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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
Shattuck, S. O. 1996b. The Australian ant genus Froggattella (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) revisited. Australian Journal of Entomology 35:43-47. 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.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
Wheeler, W. M. 1936a. The Australian ant genus Froggattella. American Museum Novitates 842:1-11. PDF

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