Romblonella grandinodis

Romblonella grandinodis Wheeler, 1935 junior synonym of current valid taxon Romblonella opaca (Smith, 1861)

Romblonella grandinodis Wheeler, 1935a: 7, fig. 2 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Romblon). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of General & Buenavente, 2015: 57). Primary type locality: lectotype Philippines: Romblon I., 6.v.1928 (L. Morato) (received from J.W. Chapman). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, USNM. Type notes: 1) Original description cites 4 worker syntypes. 2) General & Buenavente, 2015: 58, cite the collection date of 6.v.1924 on the USNM paralectotypes.

Lectotype designation: General & Buenavente, 2015: 57.
Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 114; Smith, 1953a: 76; Smith, 1956b: 18; Baltazar, 1966: 253.
Junior synonym of Romblonella opaca: Bolton, 1976: 294; Bolton, 1995b: 381; General & Buenavente, 2015: 57; General, 2016b: 113.

Citations

Baltazar, C. R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monograph 8:1-488. PDF
Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 34:281-379. PDF
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
General, D. E. M. 2016b. Romblonella longinoi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new species and first record of the genus from Sabah, Malaysia, with a key to the species of Romblonella Wheeler, 1935. Halteres 7:112-119. 10.5281/zenodo.55319 PDF
General, D. E. M.; Buenavente, P. A. C. 2015. A second species of the ant genus Romblonella from the Philippines (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Halteres 6:56-62. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1953a. A revision of the genus Romblonella W. M. Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 15:75-80. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1956b. A list of the species of Romblonella including two generic transfers (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 51:18. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1935a. Two new genera of myrmicine ants from Papua and the Philippines. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 15:1-9. PDF