Myrmoteras brachygnathum

Myrmoteras brachygnathum Moffett, 1985 valid

Myrmoteras brachygnathum Moffett, 1985b: 26, figs. 19, 22 (w.dq.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Tamil Nadu, Palni Hills, S Kodaikanal, 2200 m., 12.xi.1972, no. 23 (C. Besuchet & I. Löbl). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0911203 Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker, 2 paratype dealate queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG.

Bharti & Akbar, 2014d: 74 (m.)
Combination in Myrmoteras (Myrmoteras): Moffett, 1985b: 17; Agosti, 1992: 409; Zettel & Sorger, 2011: 66; Bharti & Akbar, 2014d: 73.
Status as species: Agosti, 1992: 409; Bolton, 1995b: 287; Zettel & Sorger, 2011: 66; Bharti & Akbar, 2014d: 73; Bharti et al., 2016: 28.

Citations

Agosti, D. 1992. Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Malay Archipelago (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 99:405-429. PDF
Bharti, H.; Akbar, S. A. 2014d. Taxonomic studies on the genus Myrmoteras Forel (Hymenoptera:Formicidae), with description of two new species from India. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 16 (2):71-80. PDF
Bharti, H.; Guénard, B.; Bharti, M.; Economo, E. P. 2016. An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:1-83. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Moffett, M. W. 1985b. Revision of the genus Myrmoteras (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 151:1-53. PDF
Zettel, H.; Sorger, D. M. 2011. New Myrmoteras ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the southeastern Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59:61-67. PDF

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