Bothriomyrmex hispanica

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Bothriomyrmex hispanica Santschi, 1922 junior synonym of current valid taxon Bothriomyrmex meridionalis (Roger, 1863)

Bothriomyrmex meridionalis var. hispanica Santschi, 1922b: 66 (w.q.) SPAIN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Seifert, 2012b: 95). Primary type locality: lectotype Spain: Ciudad Real, Pozuela (A. Cabrera y Diaz). Primary type depository: NHMB. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 78, cites 2 worker, 1 queen syntypes in NHMB; Shattuck, 1994: 34, cites 2 worker syntypes in NHMB.

Lectotype designation: Seifert, 2012b: 95.
Menozzi, 1922c: 330 (m.)
Subspecies of Bothriomyrmex meridionalis: Menozzi, 1922c: 330; Ceballos, 1956: 309.
Status as species: Emery, 1925c: 10; Collingwood, 1978: 87 (in key); Shattuck, 1994: 34; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Espadaler, 1997g: 27.
Junior synonym of Bothriomyrmex meridionalis: Seifert, 2012b: 95

Obsolete combinations

Bothriomyrmex meridionalis hispanica

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Ceballos, G. 1956. Catálogo de los Himenópteros de España. Madrid: Instituto Español de Entomología, 554 pp.
Collingwood, C. A. 1978. A provisional list of Iberian Formicidae with a key to the worker caste (Hym. Aculeata). EOS. Revista Española de Entomología 52:65-95. PDF
Emery, C. 1925c. Les espèces européennes et orientales du genre Bothriomyrmex. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 56:5-22. PDF
Espadaler, X. 1997g. Catàleg de les formigues (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) dels països catalans. Sessió d'Entomologia ICHN-SCL 9:23-42. PDF
Menozzi, C. 1922c. Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de l'Espagne. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 22:324-332. PDF
Santschi, F. 1922b. Quelques nouvelles variétés de fourmis paléarctiques. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 13:66-68. PDF
Seifert, B. 2012b. A review of the West Palaearctic species of the ant genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 17:91-104. PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241. PDF

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