Philidris myrmecodiae nigriventris

Philidris myrmecodiae nigriventris (Donisthorpe, 1941) valid

Iridomyrmex myrmecoidae var. nigriventris [sic] Donisthorpe, 1941h: 60 (w.) Note: myrmecoidae is a misspelling of Philidris myrmecodiae. NEW GUINEA (Indonesia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a number”). Primary type locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Japen I., Mt Baduri, 1000 ft, viii.1938 (L.E. Cheesman). Primary type depository: BMNH. Type notes: Shattuck, 1994: 137, cites 1 worker in BMNH as ‘holotype’.

Donisthorpe, 1943e: 455 (m.)
Combination in Philidris: Shattuck, 1992a: 18.
Subspecies of Philidris myrmecodiae: Donisthorpe, 1943e: 455; Donisthorpe, 1949b: 501; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 191; Shattuck, 1994: 137; Bolton, 1995b: 334.

Obsolete combinations

Iridomyrmex myrmecodiae nigriventris

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1941h. The ants of Japen Island, Dutch New Guinea (Hym., Formicidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 91:51-64. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1943e. The ants (Hym., Formicidae) of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:433-475. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1949b ("1948"). A fifth instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)1:487-506. PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31:13-18. PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241. PDF

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