Monomorium cotterelli

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

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Monomorium cotterelli (Donisthorpe, 1942) junior synonym of current valid taxon Monomorium rosae Santschi, 1920

Diplomorium cotterelli Donisthorpe, 1942g: 217 (w.) GHANA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana (“Gold Coast”): E Prov., Tafo, xii.1940, no. 1370 (G. Cotterell). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902271. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.

Combination in Monomorium: Bolton, 1987: 408.
Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 100.
Junior synonym of Monomorium rosae: Bolton, 1987: 408; Bolton, 1995b: 260.

Obsolete combinations

Diplomorium cotterelli

Citations

Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 54:263-452. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Donisthorpe, H. 1942g. A new species of Diplomorium (Hym. Formicidae), with some notes on the genus. Entomologist 75:217-218. PDF
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

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