Linepithema melleus fuscescens

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Linepithema melleus fuscescens (Wheeler, 1908) junior synonym of current valid taxon Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870)

Iridomyrmex melleus var. fuscescens Wheeler, 1908a: 153 (w.) PUERTO RICO. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wild, 2007a: 68). Primary type locality: lectotype Puerto Rico: Monte Mandios, iii.1906 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 5 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, USNM. Type notes: 1) Other original syntype locality: Puerto Rico: Monte Morales, iii.1906 (W.M. Wheeler) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 126; no lectotype designated). 2) Shattuck, 1994: 126, cites 9 worker syntypes (7 MCZC, 2 USNM).

Lectotype designation: Wild, 2007a: 68.
Combination in Linepithema: Shattuck, 1992a: 16
Subspecies of Linepithema melleus: Emery, 1913a: 27; Smith, 1937: 864; Kempf, 1972b: 126; Shattuck, 1994: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 247.
Junior synonym of Linepithema iniquum: Wild, 2007a: 68

Obsolete combinations

Iridomyrmex melleus fuscescens

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31:13-18. 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
Smith, M. R. 1937 ("1936"). The ants of Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 20:819-875. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1908a. The ants of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:117-158. PDF
Wild, A. L. 2007a. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 126:1-151. PDF

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