Technomyrmex albipes bruneipes Forel, 1895 an obsolete combination of Technomyrmex bruneipes Forel, 1895
Technomyrmex albipes var. bruneipes Forel, 1895f: 466 (in text) (w.q.m.) SRI LANKA. Indomalaya.
Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen, syntype males (number not stated). Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylan”): (no further data), iii.94 (Yerbury). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0909789. Type notes: 1) Shattuck, 1994: 167, cites 7 worker syntypes Sri Lanka. 2) Forel, 1895f: 467, lists localities in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat for Technomyrmex albipes, within the description of which Technomyrmex bruneipes is mentioned. One or more of these Indian states must refer to Technomyrmex bruneipes but none is specified, whereas the Sri Lanka (Yerbury) series bears “bruneipes typus” labels in the Forel collection (Bolton, 2007b: 69).
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