Trichomyrmex criniceps

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

Nomenclature

 * . Holcomyrmex criniceps Mayr, 1879: 672 (w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: India: Tranquebar (= Tharangambadi) (no collector’s name, “received from Drewsen”).
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * Bingham, 1903: 282 (s.). Radchenko, 1997f: 218 (q.m.).
 * Combination in Monomorium (Holcomyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 181;
 * combination in Trichomyrmex: Ward, et al. 2015: 76.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 65; Forel, 1903a: 693; Bingham, 1903: 282; Forel, 1911i: 221; Forel, 1913k: 55; Emery, 1922e: 181; Menozzi, 1939a: 335; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 163; Ettershank, 1966: 88; Bolton, 1995b: 260; Radchenko, 1997f: 218; Tiwari, 1999: 56; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 47; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 98.
 * Senior synonym of niger: Radchenko, 1997f: 218.
 * Senior synonym of ruber: Radchenko, 1997f: 218.
 * Distribution: India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka.
 * niger. Holcomyrmex criniceps var. niger Forel, 1902c: 220 (w.) INDIA (Karnataka, Maharashtra).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: India: Kanara (Aitken), Poona (Wroughton).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in Monomorium (Holcomyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 181.
 * Subspecies of criniceps: Forel, 1903a: 693; Emery, 1922e: 181; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 163; Ettershank, 1966: 91; Bolton, 1995b: 265.
 * Status as species: Tiwari, 1999: 56.
 * Junior synonym of criniceps: Radchenko, 1997f: 218.
 * ruber. Holcomyrmex criniceps var. ruber Forel, 1903a: 693 (w.) SRI LANKA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (Yerbury).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in Monomorium (Holcomyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 181.
 * Subspecies of criniceps: Emery, 1922e: 181; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 163; Ettershank, 1966: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 266.
 * Junior synonym of criniceps: Radchenko, 1997f: 218.

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