Chelaner smithii

Distribution
This taxon was described from New Zealand.

Nomenclature

 *  smithii. Monomorium smithii Forel, 1892c: 342 (w.q.m.) NEW ZEALAND. Combination in M. (Notomyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 170; in Chelaner: Ettershank, 1966: 97; in Monomorium: Taylor, 1987b: 5. See also: Brown, 1958h: 34.

Syntype worker from Ashburton, New Zealand, W.W. Smith, MCZ Cotype 22851 (, reported by Berry, 1991).

Additional References

 * Barry, J.C. 1991. Hymenoptera primary types in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 18, 323-341.