Tetramorium gambogecum
(Donisthorpe, 1941)
valid
Xiphomyrmex gambogecus
Donisthorpe, 1941h:
57 (w.)
NEW GUINEA (Indonesia: Yapen I.).
Australasia.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Japen I. (= Yapen I.) Mt Eiori, 2000 ft, x.1938 (L.E. Cheesman). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 22 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC.
- Combination in Tetramorium: Bolton, 1977: 88
- Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 180; Bolton, 1977: 88 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 408; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 56 (error?).
- Senior synonym of Tetramorium gambogecum flavus: Bolton, 1977: 88; Bolton, 1995b: 408.
Junior synonyms
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Tetramorium gambogecum flavus
(Donisthorpe, 1941)
Obsolete combination(s): Xiphomyrmex gambogecus flavus
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1977. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 36:67-151. PDF
- 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
- Donisthorpe, H. 1941h. The ants of Japen Island, Dutch New Guinea (Hym., Formicidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 91:51-64. PDF
- Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF