Monomorium fragilis

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Monomorium fragilis (Smith, 1858) junior synonym of current valid taxon Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmica fragilis Smith, 1858a: 124 (w.) SINGAPORE. Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Heterick, 2006: 101). Primary type locality: lectotype Singapore: (no further data) (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0102330. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH. Type notes: Syntypes of both Monomorium vastator and Monomorium fragilis bear the same label by A.R. Wallace, “House ants Singapore, very destructive”. Both probably had their origin in a single series, one part of which (Monomorium vastator) went direct to Smith, the other (Monomorium fragilis) which came to him later, via the W.W. Saunders collection.

Lectotype designation: Heterick, 2006: 101.
Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 432; Smith, 1871a: 326.
Junior synonym of Monomorium pharaonis: Mayr, 1886c: 359; Forel, 1891c: 164; Dalla Torre, 1893: 68; Ruzsky, 1905b: 638; Wheeler, 1908a: 127; Forel, 1915d: 39 (in key); Wheeler, 1919d: 271; Emery, 1922c: 174; Wheeler, 1922: 866; Karavaiev, 1934: 118; Bolton, 1987: 356; Bolton, 1995b: 262; Zhou, 2001a: 113; Heterick, 2006: 100; Radchenko, 2016: 186.

Obsolete combinations

Myrmica fragilis

Citations

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