Linepithema melleus

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Linepithema melleus (Wheeler, 1908) junior synonym of current valid taxon Linepithema iniquum (Mayr, 1870)

Iridomyrmex melleus Wheeler, 1908a: 151, pl. 12, figs. 15, 16 (w.q.m.) PUERTO RICO. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wild, 2007a: 68). Primary type locality: lectotype Puerto Rico: Monte Morales, iii.1906 (W.M. Wheeler) (by restriction of Wild, 2007a: 68). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 55 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG. Type notes: 1) Other original syntype localities: Puerto Rico: Arecibo, Utuado, Monte Mandios, Coamo Springs, and Vega Baja, all iii.1906 (W.M. Wheeler). 2) Shattuck, 1994: 126, cites ca 48 worker, 1 queen syntypes; neither Shattuck nor Wild mention syntype males.

Lectotype designation: Wild, 2007a: 68.
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1974b: 397 (l.)
Combination in Linepithema: Shattuck, 1992a: 16
Status as species: Emery, 1913a: 27; Smith, 1937: 863; Kempf, 1972b: 126; Shattuck, 1994: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 247.
Junior synonym of Linepithema iniquum: Wild, 2007a: 68

Obsolete combinations

Iridomyrmex melleus

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. 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
Smith, M. R. 1937 ("1936"). The ants of Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 20:819-875. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1974b ("1973"). Ant larvae of the subfamily Dolichoderinae: second supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 49:396-401. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1908a. The ants of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:117-158. PDF
Wild, A. L. 2007a. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 126:1-151. PDF

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (3 synonyms)

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