Orectognathus elegantulus

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Orectognathus elegantulus Taylor, 1977 valid

Orectognathus elegantulus Taylor, 1977: 589, figs. 11-13 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Queensland, Lamington Nat. Park, near O’Reilly’s Guest House (ca 28°14’S, 153°08’E), 920 m., 21.iii.1973, on tree trunk in primary rainforest, at night (R.W. Taylor & R.J. Kohout). Primary type depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type localities: 5 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers, 1 queen Australia: New South Wales, Dorrigo Nat. Park (ca 30°23’S, 152°44’E), 700 m., 6.i.1975, ex rotting log, rainforest (P.S. Ward). Secondary type depositories: AMSC, ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, QMBA.

Status as species: Taylor, 1978b: 10 (in key); Taylor, 1980a: 786; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 73; Taylor, 1987a: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 301; Bolton, 2000: 22.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.
Taylor, R. W. 1977. New ants of the Australasian genus Orectognathus, with a key to the known species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 25:581-612. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1978b. A taxonomic guide to the ant genus Orectognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 3:1-11. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1980a ("1979"). New Australian ants of the genus Orectognathus, with summary description of the twenty-nine known species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 27:773-788. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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