Oxyopomyrmex insularis

Oxyopomyrmex insularis Santschi, 1908 valid

Oxyopomyrmex insularis Santschi, 1908: 523, fig. 7 (w.m.) SPAIN (Canary Is). Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Salata & Borowiec, 2015b: 11). Primary type locality: Spain: Canary Is, Tenerife, Medano, 3.i.1906 (Cabrera y Diaz). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913243. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker, 1 paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB.

Lectotype designation: Salata & Borowiec, 2015b: 11.
Status as species: Emery, 1921c: 76; Wheeler, 1927g: 105; Wellenius, 1955: 6; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190; Barquín, 1981: 103; Hohmann et al., 1993: 156; Bolton, 1995b: 302; Borowiec, 2014: 140; Salata & Borowiec, 2015b: 11 (redescription).
Senior synonym of Oxyopomyrmex insularis major: Barquín, 1981: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 302; Salata & Borowiec, 2015b: 11.

Junior synonyms

Oxyopomyrmex insularis major Santschi, 1923

Citations

Báez, M.; Ortega, G. 1978. Lista preliminar de los Himenópteros de las Islas Canarias. Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomologia 2:185-199.
Barquín, J. 1981. Las hormigas de Canarias. Taxonomía, ecología y distribución de los Formicidae. Colección Monografías (Secretariado de Publicaciones de la Universidad de La Laguna) 3:1-584.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
Hohmann, H.; La Roche, F.; Ortega, G.; Barquín, J. 1993. Bienen, Wespen und Ameisen der Kanarischen Inseln. Veröffentlichungen aus dem Überseemuseum Bremen. Naturwissenschaften 12:14-712.
Salata, S.; Borowiec, L. 2015b. A taxonomic revision of the genus Oxyopomyrmex André, 1881 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4025 (1):1-66. PDF
Santschi, F. 1908. Nouvelles fourmis de l'Afrique du Nord (Égypte, Canaries, Tunisie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 77:517-534. PDF
Wellenius, O. H. 1955. Entomologische Ergebnisse der finnländischen Kanaren-Expedition 1947-1951. No. 10. Formicidae Insularum Canariensium. Systematik, Ökologie und Verbreitung der Kanarischen Formiciden. Commentationes Biologicae 15(8):1-20. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1927g. The ants of the Canary Islands. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62:93-120. PDF

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