Ochetellus itoi abbotti

Ochetellus itoi abbotti (Wheeler, 1906) junior synonym of current valid taxon Ochetellus glaber (Mayr, 1862)

Iridomyrmex itoi subsp. abbotti Wheeler, 1906h: 318, pl. 41, fig. 3 (w.) JAPAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: Japan: Itajima Aki (J.F. Abbott). Primary type depository: MCZC. Type notes: Shattuck, 1994: 133, cites 23 worker syntypes.

Subspecies of Ochetellus itoi: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 190.
Junior synonym of Ochetellus itoi: Yano, 1910a: 420; Onoyama, 1980a: 199; Shattuck, 1994: 133; Bolton, 1995b: 293.
Junior synonym of Ochetellus glaber: Wu & Wang, 1995a: 124; Imai et al., 2003: 85.

Obsolete combinations

Iridomyrmex itoi abbotti

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Imai, H. T.; Kihara, A.; Kondoh, M.; Kubota, M.; Kuribayashi, S.; Ogata, K.; Onoyama, K.; Taylor, R. W.; Terayama, M.; Tsukii, Y.; Yoshimura, M.; Ugawa, Y. 2003. Ants of Japan. Tokyo: Gakken, 224 pp. PDF
Onoyama, K. 1980a. An introduction to the ant fauna of Japan, with a check list (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Kontyû 48:193-212. 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
Wheeler, W. M. 1906h. The ants of Japan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22:301-328. PDF
Wu, J.; Wang, C. 1995a. The ants of China. [In Chinese.]. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, x + 214 pp.
Yano, M. 1910a. On the ants of Japan. [In Japanese.]. Dobutsugaku Zasshi (Zoological Magazine) 22:416-425. PDF

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