Octostruma simoni wighti

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Octostruma simoni wighti (Wheeler, 1908) junior synonym of current valid taxon Octostruma iheringi (Emery, 1888)

Rhopalothrix simoni var. wighti Wheeler, 1908b: 161 (w.) JAMAICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Jamiaca: Road to Shotover, 2 mi. W Port Antonio, ca 500 ft, 1905-6, under stone (A.E. Wight). Primary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC, MZSP.

Combination in Rhopalothrix (Octostruma): Emery, 1924f: 329.
Combination in Octostruma: Brown, 1949f: 92
Subspecies of Octostruma simoni: Wheeler, 1911a: 28; Emery, 1922e: 329; Brown, 1949h: 92.
Junior synonym of Octostruma iheringi: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 187; Kempf, 1972b: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 294; Longino, 2013b: 35.

Obsolete combinations

Rhopalothrix simoni wighti

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1949f. Revision of the ant tribe Dacetini. I. Fauna of Japan, China and Taiwan. Mushi 20:1-25. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1949h. Revision of the ant tribe Dacetini: IV. Some genera properly excluded from the Dacetini, with the establishment of the Basicerotini new tribe. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:83-96. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.; Kempf, W. W. 1960. A world revision of the ant tribe Basicerotini. Studia Entomologica (n.s.)3:161-250. PDF
Emery, C. 1922e. Quelques fourmis nouvelles minuscules. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 19:107-112. PDF
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Longino, J. T. 2013b. A revision of the ant genus Octostruma Forel, 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 3699:1-61. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1908b. The ants of Jamaica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:159-163. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1911a. Additions to the ant-fauna of Jamaica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 30:21-29. PDF

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