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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Crematogastrini
›
Liomyrmex
›
Liomyrmex gestroi
Liomyrmex
gestroi
(Emery, 1887)
valid
Laparomyrmex gestroi
Emery, 1887g
: 461, pl. 2, fig. 16 (q.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea (“New Guinea”): Fly River (
L.M. D’Albertis
). Primary type depository:
MSNG
.
Replacement name for
Liomyrmex caeca
Smith, 1860b
. [Junior primary homonym of
Myrmica caeca
Jerdon, 1851
.]
[Note:
Liomyrmex gestroi
oldest junior synonym of
Liomyrmex caeca
Smith, 1860b
(synonymy by
Bolton, 1995b
: 248, type and other material compared); hence
Liomyrmex gestroi
first available replacement name.]
Combination in
Liomyrmex
:
Emery, 1893m
: 63.
Junior synonym of
Liomyrmex caeca
Smith, 1860b
:
Bolton, 1995b
: 248.
Status as species:
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 63;
Emery, 1922c
: 191;
Donisthorpe, 1940a
: 45;
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 162, 164 (combinations in
Liomyrmex
,
Monomorium
, respectively);
Ettershank, 1966
: 154;
Rigato & Bolton, 2001
: 254 (redescription);
Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005
: 26;
Pfeiffer
et al.
, 2011
: 47;
Bharti
et al.
, 2016
: 37;
Jaitrong
et al.
, 2016
: 36;
Khachonpisitsak
et al.
, 2020
: 98;
Wang
et al.
, 2022
: 82.
Senior synonym of
Liomyrmex aurianus
:
Rigato & Bolton, 2001
: 254.
Senior synonym of
Liomyrmex butteli
:
Rigato & Bolton, 2001
: 254.
Senior synonym of
Liomyrmex carinatus
:
Rigato & Bolton, 2001
: 254.
Senior synonym of
Liomyrmex froggatti
:
Rigato & Bolton, 2001
: 254.
Senior synonym of
Liomyrmex froggatti major
:
Rigato & Bolton, 2001
: 254.
Senior synonym of
Liomyrmex reneae
:
Rigato & Bolton, 2001
: 254.
Senior synonym of
Liomyrmex tagalanus
:
Rigato & Bolton, 2001
: 254.
Senior synonym of
Liomyrmex taylori
:
Rigato & Bolton, 2001
: 254.
Junior synonyms
Liomyrmex aurianus
Emery, 1889
Liomyrmex butteli
(Forel, 1912)
Obsolete combination(s):
Promyrma butteli
Liomyrmex carinatus
Stitz, 1911
Liomyrmex froggatti
Donisthorpe, 1940
Liomyrmex froggatti major
Donisthorpe, 1941
Liomyrmex reneae
Donisthorpe, 1948
Liomyrmex tagalanus
Menozzi, 1925
Liomyrmex taylori
Tiwari & Jonathan, 1986
Obsolete combinations
Laparomyrmex gestroi
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;
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;
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;
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2016.
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PDF
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1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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;
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1951.
Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia.
Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327.
PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W.
1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
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PDF
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1940a.
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PDF
Emery, C.
1887g.
Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine).
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 25[=(2)5]:449-464.
Emery, C.
1893m.
[Untitled. Taxonomic changes in various genera attributed to Emery.].
Pp. 4-266 in:
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1893.
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Solenopsis
and
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;
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;
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;
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;
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2016.
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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;
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