Monomorium impressum

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Monomorium impressum Smith, 1876 junior synonym of current valid taxon Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)

Monomorium impressum Smith, 1876a: 447 (q.m.) MAURITIUS (Rodrigues). Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Heterick, 2006: 123). Primary type locality: lectotype Mauritius: Rodrigues I. (Transit of Venus Expd.) (Gulliver). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0010942 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype queen, 1 paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.

Lectotype designation: Heterick, 2006: 122.
Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 67.
Junior synonym of Monomorium floricola: Bolton, 1987: 390; Bolton, 1995b: 263; Zhou, 2001a: 116; Heterick, 2006: 122; Sharaf et al., 2021: 28.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 54:263-452. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
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
Sharaf, M. R.; Mohamed, A. A.; Boudinot, B. E.; Wetterer, J. K.; Hita Garcia, F.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, A. S. 2021. Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Arabian Peninsula with description of two new species, M. heggyi sp. n. and M. khalidi sp. n. PeerJ 9:60 pp. e10726. 10.7717/peerj.10726 PDF
Smith, F. 1876a. Preliminary notice of new species of Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Forficulidae collected in the island of Rodriguez by the naturalists accompanying the Transit-of-Venus expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)17:447-451. PDF
Zhou, S. 2001a. Ants of Guangxi. [In Chinese.]. Guilin, China: Guangxi Normal University Press, 255 pp. PDF

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