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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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›
Myrmicinae
›
Crematogastrini
›
Melissotarsus
›
Melissotarsus compressus
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.
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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.
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homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
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