Linepithema aspidocoptus
(Kempf, 1969)
junior synonym of current valid taxon Linepithema leucomelas (Emery, 1894)
Iridomyrmex aspidocoptus
Kempf, 1969:
295, figs. 10, 11 (w.)
BRAZIL (São Paulo).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Moji das Cruzes, 1926 (K. Escherich). Primary type depository: MZSP.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: Brazil: Mun. Iporanga, 1.xi.1961 (K. Lenko & H. Reichardt). Secondary type depository: MZSP.
Type notes:
Kempf, 1969: 295, says that more specimens of the holotype series are probably in IEUB, and more of the paratype series are in DZSP (no. 2463).
- Combination in Linepithema: Shattuck, 1992a: 16
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 124; Shattuck, 1994: 122; Bolton, 1995b: 247.
- Junior synonym of Linepithema leucomelas: Wild, 2007a: 81
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Kempf, W. W. 1969. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. V. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 12:273-296. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31:13-18. 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
- Wild, A. L. 2007a. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 126:1-151. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
- All genera
- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae