Melissotarsus compressus

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Melissotarsus compressus Weber, 1952 junior synonym of current valid taxon Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907

Melissotarsus compressus Weber, 1952a: 1, figs. 28, 29 (q.) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype queen. Type-locality: Central African Republic (“French Equatorial Africa”): Ubangi-Shari, Haut Mbomu, 5°30’N, 25°15’E, iii.1948, no. 2184 (N.A. Weber). Type-depository: AMNH.

Junior synonym of Melissotarsus emeryi: Bolton, 1982: 337; Bolton, 1995b: 250.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45:307-370. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Weber, N. A. 1952a. Studies on African Myrmicinae, I (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1548:1-32. PDF

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