Trichomyrmex scabriceps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Pakistan.

Nomenclature

 * . Holcomyrmex scabriceps Mayr, 1879: 672 (w.) INDIA (West Bengal).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: India: Calcutta (Rothney).
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * [Misspelled as scabiceps by Emery, 1922e: 181.]
 * Bingham, 1903: 283 (s.q.m.); Imai, et al. 1984: 7 (k.).
 * Combination in Monomorium (Holcomyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 182;
 * combination in Trichomyrmex: Ward, et al. 2015: 76.
 * Status as species: Forel, 1885b: 178; Dalla Torre, 1893: 65; Forel, 1903a: 692; Rothney, 1903: 97; Bingham, 1903: 282; Emery, 1922e: 182; Donisthorpe, 1942d: 455; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 163; Ettershank, 1966: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 266; Radchenko, 1997f: 221; Tiwari, 1999: 56; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 47; Rasheed, et al. 2019: 434.
 * Senior synonym of crinicipitoscabriceps: Radchenko, 1997f: 221.
 * Distribution: India, Pakistan.
 * crinicipitoscabriceps. Holcomyrmex scabriceps var. crinicipitoscabriceps Forel, 1902c: 220 (w.) INDIA (Karnataka, West Bengal).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: India: Mysore (Rothney), Pooree (Walsh), Calcutta (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in Monomorium (Holcomyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 182.
 * Subspecies of scabriceps: Forel, 1903a: 693; Bingham, 1903: 283; Emery, 1922e: 182; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 163; Bolton, 1995b: 260.
 * Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 88; Tiwari, 1999: 56 (error).
 * Junior synonym of scabriceps: Radchenko, 1997f: 221.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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