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Monomorium madecassum Forel, 1892 valid

Monomorium minutum r. madecassum Forel, 1892o: 255 (w.q.m.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Heterick, 2006: 128). Primary type locality: lectotype Madagascar: Imerina, Antananarivo (P. Camboué). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0101672. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Type notes: 1) This taxon is based on specimens of Monomorium minutum Mayr, 1855, sensu Forel, 1891c: 164, misidentification. 2) Males were also included in the original description.

Lectotype designation: Heterick, 2006: 128.
Subspecies of Monomorium minutum: Dalla Torre, 1893: 67; Forel, 1907d: 18; Forel, 1907i: 77; Wheeler, 1922: 864, 1027; Emery, 1922c: 172; Santschi, 1926b: 238; Ettershank, 1966: 90.
Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 264; Heterick, 2006: 128 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 212.
Senior synonym of Monomorium aequum: Heterick, 2006: 128.
Senior synonym of Monomorium estherae: Heterick, 2006: 128.
Senior synonym of Monomorium explorator: Heterick, 2006: 128.
Senior synonym of Monomorium leopoldinum: Heterick, 2006: 128.

Junior synonyms

Monomorium aequum Santschi, 1928
Monomorium estherae Weber, 1943
Monomorium explorator Santschi, 1920
Monomorium leopoldinum Forel, 1905
Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium minutum leopoldinum

Obsolete combinations

Monomorium minutum madecassum

Citations

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
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. 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
Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. 1891. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. PDF
Forel, A. 1892o. Les Formicides. [concl.]. In: Grandidier, A. 1892. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie. Supplèment au 28e fascicule. Paris: Hachette et Cie, pp. 229-280. PDF
Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 5:1-42. PDF
Forel, A. 1907i. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Reise in Ostafrika 2:75-92. 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
Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 13:207-267. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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