Messor brunneicorne

Messor brunneicorne (Forel, 1901) junior synonym of current valid taxon Messor aciculatus (Smith, 1874)

Stenamma (Messor) aciculatum var. brunneicorne Forel, 1901m: 60 (w.) JAPAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Japan: Hozuyama, Kuwadagori Tamba (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: unknown. Type notes: Material was originally in Hamburg Museum, probably destroyed in World War II.

Combination in Messor: Emery, 1908f: 459
Subspecies of Messor aciculatus: Wheeler, 1906h: 315.
Status as species: Emery, 1908f: 459; Emery, 1921c: 73; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 137.
Junior synonym of Messor aciculatus: Yano, 1910a: 420; Wheeler, 1928c: 9 (in text); Wheeler, 1928d: 107 (in text); Arnol'di, 1977b: 1645 (in key); Onoyama, 1980a: 197; Bolton, 1995b: 253; Park & Kim, 2000a: 109; Imai et al., 2003: 160.

Obsolete combinations

Stenamma aciculatum brunneicorne

Citations

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Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Emery, C. 1908f. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil III. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1908:437-465. PDF
Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
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Onoyama, K. 1980a. An introduction to the ant fauna of Japan, with a check list (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Kontyû 48:193-212. PDF
Park, S.-J.; Kim, B.-J. 2000a. Systematic study of Pheidolini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Korea. Korean Journal of Entomology 30:107-114. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1906h. The ants of Japan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22:301-328. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1928c. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 22:3-38. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1928d. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Japan and Korea. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 22:96-125. PDF
Yano, M. 1910a. On the ants of Japan. [In Japanese.]. Dobutsugaku Zasshi (Zoological Magazine) 22:416-425. PDF