Tetramorium bicarinatum ( Nylander, 1846 )

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scientific name	Tetramorium bicarinatum ( Nylander, 1846 )
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Myrmica bicarinata Nylander, 1846:1061 . Syntype workers, queen, U.S.A., California, 1840 [types lost, see Bolton 1977:94]. [Combination in Tetramorium: Mayr, 1862:740 View in CoL ; Bolton, 1977: 94. Synonymy with Formica guineensis by Fabricius, 1793:357 (now in Pheidole View in CoL ); Mayr, 1862:740; revived from synonymy by Bolton, 1977: 94].

Myrmica cariniceps Guérin-Méneville, 1852:79 . Holotype worker, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Santo Domingo Island, 19.IV.1850, (A. Salle) (ZSM) [examined]. [Synonymy with Tetramorium guineense View in CoL by Roger, 1862:293; with Tetramorium bicarinatum View in CoL by Bolton 1977:94; here confirmed].

Myrmica kollari Mayr, 1853:283 View Cited Treatment . Syntype workers, queen, male, AUSTRIA, Vienna, in hothouses in botanical gardens (NMW) [examined]. [Synonymy with Tetramorium cariniceps by Roger, 1861:171; with Tetramorium bicarinatum View in CoL by Bolton 1977:94; here confirmed].

Myrmica modesta Smith, F. 1860:108 . Syntype workers, INDONESIA, Batjan Island, (A.R. Wallace) (OUMNH) [examined]. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Myrmica modesta Foerster, 1850 ] [Combination in Tetramorium View in CoL by Donisthorpe, 1932:463; Synonymy with Tetramorium guineense View in CoL by Donisthorpe, 1932:463; with Tetramorium bicarinatum View in CoL by Bolton 1977:94; here confirmed].

Myrmica reticulata Smith, F. 1862:33 . Syntype workers, PANAMA, (R.W. Stretch) and UNITED KINGDOM, England, Exeter, botanic gardens, (Parfitt) (BMNH) [examined]. [Combination in Tetramorium by Mayr, 1862:740; Synonymy with Myrmica guineensis by Roger, 1862:293; with Tetramorium bicarinatum by Bolton 1977:94; here confirmed].

[Note: the names bicarinata , cariniceps , kollari and reticulata had previously been incorrectly synonymised with Myrmica guineensis Fabricius by Roger, 1862:293; modesta Smith was wrongly synonymised with Tetramorium guineensis by Donisthorpe, 1932:463. For a full taxonomic history of Tetramorium bicarinatum with discussion see also Bolton, 1977:94].