Metapone emersoni
Gregg, 1958
valid
Metapone emersoni
Gregg, 1958:
115, fig. 2 (w.)
MADAGASCAR.
Malagasy.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Madagascar: 12 mi. from Perinet, 28.vi.1935 (H. Kirby). Type-depository: FMNH.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 1 paratype worker. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository: FMNH.
- Status as species: Kusnezov, 1960a: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 258; Alpert, 2007: 10; Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 509 (redescription).
Citations
- Alpert, G. D. 2007. A review of the ant genus Metapone Forel from Madagascar. Pp. 8-18 in: Snelling, R. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (eds.) 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Gregg, R. E. 1958. Two new species of Metapone from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 60:111-121. PDF
- Kusnezov, N. 1960a ("1959"). La posición sistemática del género Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 18:119-126. PDF
- Taylor, R. W.; Alpert, G. D. 2016. The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4105 (6):501-545. 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.6.1 PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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