Chelaner insolescens

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Chelaner insolescens (Wheeler, 1934) valid

Monomorium (Notomyrmex) insolescens Wheeler, 1934d: 145 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Heterick, 2001: 383). Primary type locality: lectotype Australia: Western Australia, Derby (W.D. Dodd). Primary type depository: MVMA. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MVMA. Type notes: Original description cites 6 worker, 2 male syntypes.

Lectotype designation: Heterick, 2001: 383.
Combination in Monomorium: Taylor, 1987b: 3.
Combination in Chelaner: Ettershank, 1966: 97; Sparks et al., 2019: 232.
Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 97; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 57; Taylor, 1987a: 20; Bolton, 1995b: 263; Heterick, 2001: 383 (redescription); Sparks et al., 2019: 232.

Obsolete combinations

Monomorium insolescens

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171. PDF
Heterick, B. E. 2001. Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:353-459. PDF
Sparks, K. S.; Andersen, A. N.; Austin, A. D. 2019. A multi-gene phylogeny of Australian Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) results in reinterpretation of the genus and resurrection of Chelaner Emery. Invertebrate Systematics 33:225-236. 10.1071/ISI6080 PDF
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. 1987b. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). First supplement, 10 July, 1987. CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41(Suppl.1):1-5.
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
Wheeler, W. M. 1934d. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. No. IX. The ants. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 20:137-163. PDF

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