Melophorus cowlei

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Melophorus cowlei (Froggatt, 1896) junior synonym of current valid taxon Melophorus bagoti Lubbock, 1883

Camponotus cowlei Froggatt, 1896: 387, pl. 27, figs. 1-5 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Australia: Northern Territory, McDonnell Range, Spencer Gorge (E.C. Cowle), Northern Territory, James Range, Illamurta (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: AMSC. Type notes: Froggatt, 1896: 387, says of the McDonnell Range specimens “a very fine series”.

Combination in Camponotus (Myrmophyma): Emery, 1925d: 110.
Combination in Camponotus: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 112.
Combination in Melophorus: Wheeler, 1908g: 388; Clark, 1930c: 22; Heterick et al., 2017: 134.
Status as species: Emery, 1898a: 226; Wheeler, 1908g: 388; Emery, 1925d: 110; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 112; Taylor, 1987a: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 94; McArthur, 2007b: 335; Heterick, 2009: 69; McArthur, 2010: 78; McArthur, 2014: 54.
Junior synonym of Melophorus bagoti: Clark, 1930c: 22; Heterick et al., 2017: 134.

Obsolete combinations

Camponotus cowlei

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Clark, J. 1930c. New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n.s.)43:2-25. PDF
Emery, C. 1898a. Aggiunte e correzioni al saggio di un catalogo sistematico dei generi Camponotus, Polyrachis [sic] e affini. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)2:225-231. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Froggatt, W. W. 1896. Honey ants. Pp. 385-392 in: Spencer, B. (ed.) 1896. Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Part II. Zoology. London: Dulau & Co., iv + 431 pp. PDF
Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. PDF
Heterick, B. E.; Castalanelli, M.; Shattuck, S. O. 2017. Revision of the ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 700:1-420. 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF
McArthur, A. J. 2007b. A key to Camponotus Mayr of Australia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:290-351. PDF
McArthur, A. J. 2010. A guide to Camponotus ants of South Australia. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, IV + 121 pp.
McArthur, A. J. 2014. A guide to Camponotus ants of Australia. Adelaide: South Australian Museum, 185 pp.
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.
Wheeler, W. M. 1908g. Honey ants, with a revision of the American Myrmecocysti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:345-397. PDF

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