Melophorus turneri

Melophorus turneri Forel, 1910 valid

Melophorus turneri Forel, 1910b: 63 (s.w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Heterick et al., 2017: 314). Primary type locality: lectotype Australia: Queensland, Cape York (R. Turner). Primary type depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype major and minor workers (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, MHNG.

Lectotype designation: Heterick et al., 2017: 314.
Viehmeyer, 1914b: 43 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1968a: 206 (l.)
Combination in Melophorus (Erimelophorus): Wheeler, 1935c: 71.
Status as species: Viehmeyer, 1914b: 43; Emery, 1925d: 12; Clark, 1938: 375; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 124; Taylor, 1987a: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 250; Heterick, 2009: 98; Heterick et al., 2017: 314 (redescription).
Senior synonym of Melophorus turneri aesopus: Heterick et al., 2017: 315.
Senior synonym of Melophorus turneri candidus: Heterick et al., 2017: 315.
Senior synonym of Melophorus pillipes: Heterick et al., 2017: 315.

Junior synonyms

Melophorus pillipes Santschi, 1919
Melophorus turneri aesopus Forel, 1910
Melophorus turneri candidus Santschi, 1919

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Clark, J. 1938. The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n.s.)50:356-382.
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18:1-94. PDF
Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. 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.
Viehmeyer, H. 1914b ("1913"). Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)79(12):24-60. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1968a. The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): supplement. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61:205-222. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1935c. Myrmecological notes. Psyche (Cambridge) 42:68-72. PDF

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