Forelius antarcticus Guerrero 2021, comb. nov.
Forelius antarcticus (Forel 1904) comb. nov. (Fig 1–4) Tapinoma antarcticum Forel 1904: 17. Syntype series [two workers, three queens], Valparaíso, Chile (Hoffmann) [MHNG, examined]. One syntype worker (bottom specimen on the pin, CASENT0909784) here designated lectotype remaining syntypes here desi...
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4531737 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A56F1D0249281B0896FC52FE92EBF1 |
| Summary: | Forelius antarcticus (Forel 1904) comb. nov. (Fig 1–4) Tapinoma antarcticum Forel 1904: 17. Syntype series [two workers, three queens], Valparaíso, Chile (Hoffmann) [MHNG, examined]. One syntype worker (bottom specimen on the pin, CASENT0909784) here designated lectotype remaining syntypes here designated paralectotypes (MHNG). Tapinoma fazi Santschi 1923: 270. Syntype worker, male: Valparaíso, Chile (Faz) [NHMB and MZLS, AntWeb images of syntypes examined]. As junior synonym of Tapinoma antarcticum : Menozzi (1935): 321. Forelius eidmanni Goetsch 1933: 28. Syntype worker, queen: Several localities (Cerro San Cristobal, Copiapó, Puntas Coloradas, Cerro de Provincia, and Zapallar), Chile [not examined] comb. rev . As junior synonym of Tapinoma antarcticum : Menozzi (1935): 321. Forelius fazi (Santschi). Combination in Forelius ( comb. nov. ): present study. Additional Material examined . Chile: Santiago de Chile, Curva 18, road below Farallones; manual collection; 22.Dec.1985; foraging in Kageneckia bush; SP Courtney, coll. (3w, one of those imaged CASENT0249758) (PSWC). Santiago de Chile, Rio Clarillo; 31.Mar.1993; AMD Aguiar (18w) (CEPLAC). Valpariso, no more data. (2w) (MZSP). Additional specimen images examined, provided by www.antweb.org . Chile: same data as lectotype; (1w) Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe (SMNK, Karlsruhe, Germany), FOCOL0717; Valparaíso, (1w) Musee Zoologique (MZLS, Lausanne, Switzerland), CASENT0907582; Valparaíso, (1w) Natural History Museum Basel (NHMB, Switzerland), CASENT0911576; Punta Colorada, (1w) Natural History Museum Basel (NHMB, Switzerland), CASENT0911575. Worker measurements. Lectotype worker CASENT0909784: HL 0.61, HW 0.49, SL 0.51, WL 0.65, CI 81, SI 104. Non-type and paralectotype workers (n= 13): HL 0.57–0.61, HW 0.49–0.51, SL 0.48–0.51, WL 0.61–0.65, CI 81–86, SI 98–104. Diagnosis . Head with convex sides and posterior margin with a wide but relatively shallow concavity mesad. In profile, wide mesopropodeal depression formed by the posterior face of the ... |
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