Melissotarsus major

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Melissotarsus major Santschi, 1919 junior synonym of current valid taxon Melissotarsus weissi Santschi, 1910

Melissotarsus major Santschi, 1919h: 85 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Penghe, 13.ii., no. 125 (Bequaert). Primary type depositories: MRAC, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913018.

Santschi, 1923e: 277 (q.m.)
Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 823; Santschi, 1923e: 277.
Junior synonym of Melissotarsus weissi: Bolton, 1982: 337; Bolton, 1995b: 250.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45:307-370. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Santschi, F. 1919h. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo Belge du Musée du Congo Belge, à Tervueren. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 7:79-91. PDF
Santschi, F. 1923e. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 11:259-295. 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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