Melissotarsus weissi

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Melissotarsus weissi Santschi, 1910 valid

Melissotarsus weissi Santschi, 1910c: 356, fig. 3 (q.) CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Congo (“Congo français”): Brazzaville, ii.1907 (A. Weiss). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0913017. Type notes: Bolton, 1982: 337, comments that only the gaster and one forewing of the holotype remain on the mount.

Bolton, 1982: 335 (m.)
Status as species: Emery, 1922c: 119; Wheeler, 1922: 823; Bolton, 1982: 337 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 250; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 212.
Senior synonym of Melissotarsus major: Bolton, 1982: 337; Bolton, 1995b: 250.
Senior synonym of Melissotarsus titubans: Bolton, 1995b: 250.

Junior synonyms

Melissotarsus major Santschi, 1919
Melissotarsus titubans Delage-Darchen, 1972

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.
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
Santschi, F. 1910c ("1909"). Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400. 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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