Vollenhovia brachycera

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * brevicornis. Vollenhovia brevicornis Emery, 1897d: 560 (w.) NEW GUINEA. [Junior secondary homonym of brevicorne Emery, above.] Replacement name: brachycera Emery, 1914f: 407 (footnote).
 *  brachycera. Vollenhovia brachycera Emery, 1914f: 407 (footnote). Replacement name for brevicornis Emery, 1897d: 560. [Junior secondary homonym of brevicorne Emery, below.] Senior synonym of ambigua: Emery, 1917a: 96.
 * ambigua. Vollenhovia ambigua Santschi, 1916d: 242. [Unnecessary (second) replacement name for brevicornis Emery, 1897d: 560.] Junior synonym of brachycera: Emery, 1917a: 96.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Emery C. 1917. Questions de nomenclature et synonymies relatives à quelques genres et espèces de Formicides (Hym.). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1917: 94-97.
 * Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
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 * Klimes P., P. Fibich, C. Idigel, and M. Rimandai. 2015. Disentangling the diversity of arboreal ant communities in tropical forest trees. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0117853. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117853
 * Wilson E. O. 1959. Some ecological characteristics of ants in New Guinea rain forests. Ecology 40: 437-447.