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Melissotarsus titubans
| Melissotarsus titubans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Melissotarsus weissi) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Melissotarsus |
| Species: | Melissotarsus titubans Delage-Darchen, 1972 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Melissotarsus weissi.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- titubans. Melissotarsus titubans Delage-Darchen, 1972a: 216, figs. 1-10 (w.q.m.) IVORY COAST. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1980: 531 (l.). Junior synonym of beccarii: Bolton, 1982: 336; of weissi: Bolton, 1995b: 250 (syntypes examined).
References
- Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370. (page 336, Junior synonym of beccarii)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 250, Junior synonym of weissi (syntypes examined))
- Delage-Darchen, B. 1972a. Une fourmi de Côte d'Ivoire: Melissotarsus titubans Del., n. sp. Insectes Soc. 19: 213-226 (page 216, figs. 1-10 worker, queen, male described)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1980. Supplementary studies on ant larvae: Ponerinae, Myrmicinae and Formicinae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 106: 527-545 (page 531, larva described)