Terataner scotti

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Seychelles.

Nomenclature

 * . Atopomyrmex scotti Forel, 1912k: 160 (w.m.) SEYCHELLES (Praslin I., Silhouette I.).
 * Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 1 putative syntype male.
 * Type-localities: worker Seychelles: Praslin I. (H. Scott), male Silhouette I., Mare aux Cochons plateau (H. Scott).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * [Terataner scoti Emery, 1912b: 103. Nomen nudum (attributed to Forel).]
 * Combination in Terataner: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1029.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1912b: 103; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1029; Emery, 1924d: 242; Bolton, 1981b: 296; Bolton, 1995b: 403; Dorow, 1996a: 81.
 * Distribution: Seychelles.

Type Material
Bolton (1981) - Syntype worker and males, Seychelles: Praslin I. (worker), and Silhouette I. (males) (H. Scott) [examined].

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton B. 1981. A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 43: 245-307.
 * Dorow, Wolfgang H. O. 1995. Review and Bibliography of the ants of the Seychelles (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Afr. Zool. 110:73-96
 * Dorow, Wolfgang H.O. 1996. Review and bibliography of the ants of the Seychelles. Journal of African Zoology 110(2): 73-95.
 * Emery C. 1912. Études sur les Myrmicinae. [I-IV.]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 56: 94-105.
 * Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
 * Forel A. 1912. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. Volume 4. No. XI. Fourmis des Seychelles et des Aldabras, reçues de M. Hugh Scott. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. (2) 15: 159-167.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055