Myrmetaerus microcellatus

Myrmetaerus microcellatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax menozzii)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	Myrmetaerus microcellatus Soudek, 1925

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Temnothorax menozzii.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• microcellatus. Myrmetaerus microcellatus Soudek, 1925a: 33, figs. 1-6 (w.q.) CROATIA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
  • [Note: Bezděčková, et al. 2017: 299, cite 2 syntypes NHMP.]
  • Type-locality: Croatia: Dalmatia, Gulf of Kotor (Cattaro), Savina Monastery, nr Erceg Novi (Castelnuovo), 2.vii.1923 (S. Soudek).
  • Type-depository: NHMP.
  • [Also described as new by Soudek, 1925b: 14.]
  • Status as species: Zimmermann, 1935: 35; Kutter, 1968b: 205; Buschinger, 1981: 213.
  • Junior synonym of gordiagini: Buschinger, Winter & Faber, 1984: 336; Bolton, 1995b: 188; Karaman, M.G. 2011b: 48.
  • Status as species: Báthory, Seifert, et al. 2024: 33 (redescription).
  • Synonym of menozzii: Báthory, Seifert, et al. 2024: 33.
  • [Note: Báthory, Seifert, et al. give microcellatus as senior synonym, but menozzii has priority. Dates of publication: menozzii 29.x.1924; microcellatus 15.iii.1925.]

References

• Báthori, F., Seifert, B., Heinze, J., Kiran, K., Karaman, C., Csősz, S. 2024. Taxonomy of the Palearctic socially parasitic Temnothorax (Myrmoxenus) ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLOS ONE, 19(10), e0308712 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0308712).
• Bezděčková, K., Bezděčka, P., Macek, J., Malenovský, I. 2017. Catalogue of type specimens of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) deposited in Czech museums. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(1): 295-308 (doi:10.1515/aemnp-2017-0076).