Chelaner niger

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Chelaner niger (McAreavey, 1949) junior synonym of current valid taxon Chelaner bicornis (Forel, 1907)

Monomorium (Holcomyrmex) niger McAreavey, 1949: 12, figs. 36-41 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales). Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Nyngan (J.W.T. Armstrong). Type-depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype males (numbers not stated, “large series of all forms”). Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository: ANIC. Type notes: Heterick, 2001: 371, records the data “Bogan River, 9.vi.1946” for the holotype; this information is not in the original description.

Combination in Chelaner: Sparks et al., 2019: 232
Junior synonym of Chelaner macareaveyi: Taylor, 1987a: 20.
Junior synonym of Chelaner bicornis: Heterick, 2001: 370.

Obsolete combinations

Monomorium niger

Citations

Heterick, B. E. 2001. Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:353-459. PDF
McAreavey, J. 1949. Australian Formicidae. New genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 74:1-25. 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

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