Melophorus curtus

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Melophorus curtus Forel, 1902 valid

Melophorus curtus Forel, 1902j: 485 (s.w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype major worker (by designation of Heterick et al., 2017: 95). Primary type locality: lectotype Australia: Queensland, Mackay (Turner). Primary type depository: ANIC. Primary type specimen: ANIC32-053434 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype major workers, 2 paralectotype minor workers, 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MHNG.

Lectotype designation: Heterick et al., 2017: 95.
Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 12; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 123; Taylor, 1987a: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 250; Heterick et al., 2017: 95 (redescription).

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:405-548. PDF
Heterick, B. E.; Castalanelli, M.; Shattuck, S. O. 2017. Revision of the ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 700:1-420. 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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