Monomorium bicolor

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Monomorium bicolor (Ettershank, 1965) homonym replaced by Monomorium chilense Fernández, 2007

Megalomyrmex bicolor Ettershank, 1965: 55, figs. 1-5 (w.l.) CHILE. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Chile: Coquimbo Prov., Pachon Peak (Cerro Pachon), nr La Serena, 8500±100 ft (E. Ackerman). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP.

[Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877a.]
Combination in Nothidris: Snelling, 1975: 3.
Combination in Monomorium: Fernández, 2006b: 79.
Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 105; Kempf, 1970b: 23; Kempf, 1970c: 359 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 139; Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 81; Brandão, 1991: 361; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
Replacement name: Monomorium chilense Fernández, 2007b

Obsolete combinations

Megalomyrmex bicolor

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
Ettershank, G. 1965. A new species of Megalomyrmex from the Chilean Andes (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Psyche (Cambridge) 72:55-58. PDF
Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171. PDF
Fernández, F. C. 2006b. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Monomorium attributed to Fernández.]. P. 79 in: Heterick, B. 2006. A revision of the Malagasy ants belonging to genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4)57:69-202. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1970b. Levantamento das formigas da Mata Amazônica, nos Arredores de Belém do Pará, Brasil. Studia Entomologica 13:321-344. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1970c. Taxonomic notes on ants of the genus Megalomyrmex Forel, with the description of new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 13:353-364. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1975. Descriptions of new Chilean ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 274:1-19. PDF
Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1976 ("1975"). The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Chilena de Entomología 9:63-129. PDF

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