Liomyrmex gestroi

Distribution
This taxon was described from New Guinea. It is also found in the Philippines, India, Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia.

Nomenclature

 * caeca. Myrmica caeca Smith, F. 1860b: 108 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in Liomyrmex: Mayr, 1865: 23 (footnote). [Junior primary homonym of Myrmica caeca Jerdon, 1851: 116.] Replacement name: gestroi Emery, 1887b: 461; earliest junior synonym of caeca (Bolton, 1995b: 248) and hence first available replacement name.
 *  gestroi. Laparomyrmex gestroi Emery, 1887b: 461, pl. 2, fig. 16 (q.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in Liomyrmex: Dalla Torre, 1893: 63. Junior synonym of caeca: Bolton, 1995b: 248 (type and other material compared), hence first available replacement name for Myrmica caeca Smith, F. 1860b: 108. [Junior primary homonym of Myrmica caeca Jerdon, 1851: 116.] Senior synonym of aurianus (and its junior synonym butteli), carinata, froggatti, major, reneae, tagalanus, taylori: Rigato & Bolton, 2001: 254.
 * aurianus. Liomyrmex aurianus Emery, 1889b: 504 (w.) MYANMAR. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1955c: 128 (l.). Senior synonym of butteli: Forel, 1913k: 26. Junior synonym of gestroi: Rigato & Bolton, 2001: 245. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1914c: 75.
 * carinatus. Liomyrmex carinata Stitz, 1911a: 366, figs. 13, 14 (q.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of gestroi: Rigato & Bolton, 2001: 245.
 * butteli. Promyrma butteli Forel, 1912m: 764 (q.) WEST MALAYSIA. Junior synonym of aurianus: Forel, 1913k: 26.
 * tagalanus. Liomyrmex tagalanus Menozzi, 1925c: 445, fig. 5 (q.) PHILIPPINES. Junior synonym of gestroi: Rigato & Bolton, 2001: 245.
 * froggatti. Liomyrmex froggatti Donisthorpe, 1940a: 40, figs. 1-3 (q.m.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of gestroi: Rigato & Bolton, 2001: 245.
 * major. Liomyrmex froggatti subsp. major Donisthorpe, 1941j: 204 (q.) PHILIPPINES. Junior synonym of gestroi: Rigato & Bolton, 2001: 245.
 * reneae. Liomyrmex reneae Donisthorpe, 1948a: 293, fig. 1 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of gestroi: Rigato & Bolton, 2001: 245.
 * taylori. Liomyrmex taylori Tiwari & Jonathan, 1986a: 88, fig. 1 (w.) ANDAMAN IS. Junior synonym of gestroi: Rigato & Bolton, 2001: 245.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Rigato & Bolton 2001.pdf|Rigato, F.; Bolton, B. 2001. The ant genus Liomyrmex: a review (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 133: 247-256 PDF]]