Simopone mayri

Simopone mayri Emery, 1911 valid

Simopone mayri Emery, 1911e: 16 (m.) Entered as S. ? mayri in the original description. MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Type-material: 2 syntype males. Type-locality: Madagascar: Baia d’Antongil, 1897-98 (A. Mocquerys). Type-depository: MSNG. Type-specimen: CASENT0903786. Type notes: Originally incorrectly described as males of Lioponera mayri Forel, 1892o by Emery, 1899e: 264; misidentification.

Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 1006; Brown, 1975: 36; Bolton & Fisher, 2012: 57.
Senior synonym of Simopone satagia (unnecessary replacement name): Bolton & Fisher, 2012: 57

Junior synonyms

Simopone satagia Bolton, 1995

Citations

Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2012. Taxonomy of the cerapachyine ant genera Simopone Forel, Vicinopone gen. n. and Tanipone gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3283:1-101. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
Emery, C. 1899e. Formiche di Madagascar raccolte dal Sig. A. Mocquerys nei pressi della Baia di Antongil (1897-1898). Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 31:263-290. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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