Acropyga acutiventris
Roger, 1862
valid
Acropyga acutiventris
Roger, 1862a:
243 (w.q.)
SRI LANKA.
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: “probably Ceylon” (Sri Lanka) (no further data). Primary type depository: unknown (LaPolla, 2004a: 31).
Type notes:
Formicid type material from Roger’s collections is present in DEIB, MNHN, MNHU, ZSBS, plus isolated examples in other museums.
- Imai et al., 1984: 68 (k.).
- Combination in Plagiolepis: Mayr, 1863a: 442.
- Combination in Acropyga: Roger, 1863b: 11.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 769; Roger, 1863b: 11; Mayr, 1863a: 442; Smith, 1871a: 319; Emery, 1888: 530; Dalla Torre, 1893: 174; Forel, 1894c: 418; Mayr, 1897: 432; Emery, 1900: 697; Emery, 1901h: 121; Emery, 1901i: 567; Bingham, 1903: 333; Forel, 1903f: 407; Forel, 1909k: 395; Forel, 1911g: 286; Forel, 1913f: 663; Emery, 1925d: 28; Wheeler, 1929h: 57; Karavaiev, 1933a: 308; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 210; Taylor, 1992a: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 57; Terayama et al., 2002: 23 (redescription); LaPolla, 2004a: 31 (redescription); Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 10; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 6; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 36; Ran & Zhou, 2011: 65; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 27; Sarnat et al., 2013: 69; Bharti et al., 2016: 23; Dias et al., 2020: 28; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 38; Wang et al., 2022: 35.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga moluccana australis: Taylor, 1992a: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 57; Terayama et al., 2002: 23; LaPolla, 2004a: 31.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga acutiventris carinata: LaPolla, 2004a: 31.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga crassicornis: LaPolla, 2004a: 31.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga flava: Forel, 1894c: 418; Bolton, 1995b: 57; Terayama et al., 2002: 23; LaPolla, 2004a: 31.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga indosinensis: LaPolla, 2004a: 31.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga acutiventris javana: LaPolla, 2004a: 31.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga moluccana: LaPolla, 2004a: 31.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga moluccana mysolensis: LaPolla, 2004a: 31.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga moluccana occipitalis: LaPolla, 2004a: 31.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga moluccana opaca: LaPolla, 2004a: 31.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga moluccana papuana: LaPolla, 2004a: 31.
- Senior synonym of Acropyga undecemus: LaPolla, 2004a: 31.
Junior synonyms
- Acropyga acutiventris carinata Karavaiev, 1933
- Acropyga acutiventris javana Karavaiev, 1933
- Acropyga crassicornis Emery, 1900
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Acropyga flava
(Mayr, 1862)
Obsolete combination(s): Plagiolepis flava
- Acropyga indosinensis Wheeler, 1935
- Acropyga moluccana Mayr, 1879
- Acropyga moluccana australis Forel, 1902
- Acropyga moluccana mysolensis Forel, 1911
- Acropyga moluccana occipitalis Stitz, 1912
- Acropyga moluccana opaca Stitz, 1911
- Acropyga moluccana papuana Mann, 1919
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Acropyga undecemus
(Donisthorpe, 1949)
Obsolete combination(s): Pseudolasius undecemus
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