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Species: Aneuretus simoni

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Aneuretinae Genus: Aneuretus

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Aneuretus simoni Emery, 1893a: cclxxvi (w.) SRI LANKA. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Wilson, Eisner, et al. 1956: 82 (q.m.l.).

[Also described as new by Emery, 1893h PDF: 242.].

Senior synonym of Aneuretus butteli: Wilson, Eisner, et al. 1956: 81.

See also: Gotwald, 1970: 950; Jayasuriya & Traniello, 1986: 363; Traniello & Jayasuriya, 1986 PDF: 375; Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 1.

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Emery, C., 1893:
- [[ worker ]]. Testacea, subopaca, abdomine nitidiore, pubescens et sparse pilosa; caput cordiforme, postice arcuatim emarginatum, subtiliter reticulatum, mandibulis sublaevibus, apice, trideniaiis, praeterea denticulis nonnullis irregularibus, antennarum scapo ultra marginem posticum capitis producto, flagelli tenuis articulis 5 - 10 sensim crassioribus, omnibus longioribus guam crassioribus; thorax sutura promesonotali distincta, meso-metanotali profunde et late impressa, pronoto longitrorsum subtilissime striatulo, mesonoti transverse striati scutello elevata, metanoto transverse siriato-rugoso, basi gibbosulo, postice spinis longis, acutis, divergentibus armato; petiolus antice longe pedunculatus, postice nodo parvo, rotundata instructus. - Long. 1,8 mill.
Kandy, deux ouvrieres.
Les figures 1 et 2 me dispenseront d'une plus longue description de cette singuliere Fourmi, la plus remarquable de la serie recoltee par M. E. Simon, a qui je me fais un veritable plaisir de dedier l'espece.