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Xiphomyrmex aruensis Karawajew 1935

Description

Xiphomyrmex aruensis Karawajew, 1935: 105, w.

Current status: junior synonym of Tetramorium carinatum (F. Smith, 1859: 148), w, Aru Isl. Synonymy: Bolton, 1977: 86.

Type locality(-ies): “Wammar, Aroe Archipel, 9.III.1913, W. Karawajew, Nr. 2567, Kolonie in eimen morschen Baumstamm, zahlreiche ww”.

Original Karawajew label(-s): “2567”.

Material: SYNTYPES, 11 w (newly mounted, IN 314/6/1), 128 w (in alcohol, IN 314/ BAMS 1/Karaw55).

Notes

Published as part of Martynov, Alexander V. & Radchenko, Alexander G., 2016, Karawajew's ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, pp. 244-254 in Zootaxa 4097 (2) on page 252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/255767

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Formicidae
Genus
Xiphomyrmex
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Karawajew
Species
aruensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Xiphomyrmex aruensis Karawajew, 1935 sec. Martynov & Radchenko, 2016

References

  • Karawajew, W. (1935) Neue Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet, nebst Revision einiger Formen. Treubia, 15, 57 - 118.
  • Smith, F. (1859) Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, 3, 132 - 158.
  • Bolton, B. (1977) The ant tribe Tetramoriini. 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.