Checklist of Melophorus species

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Melophorus
Formicinae
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Melophorus anderseni
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Distribution
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Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species 92
Invalid Species 12
Fossils 0
Countries Occupied 1
Year Described 1883
First Species Described 1865
Last Species Described 2017

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Melophorus. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Melophorus species and for distribution information see Melophorus species by Country.

A

aeneovirens (Lowne, 1865) (Australia)
   • Melophorus constans Santschi, 1928
   • Melophorus insularis Wheeler, W.M., 1934
   • Melophorus iridescens fraudatrix Forel, 1915
   • Melophorus iridescens froggatti Forel, 1902
   • Myrmecocystus iridescens Emery, 1887

anderseni Agosti, 1998 (Australia)
andersenioides Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
ankylochaetes Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
argus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
attenuipes Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)

B

bagoti Lubbock, 1883 (Australia)
   • Camponotus cowlei Froggatt, 1896

barbellulatus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
biroi Forel, 1907 (Australia)
   • Melophorus castanopus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017

brevignathus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
brevipalpus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
bruneus McAreavey, 1949 (Australia)

C

caeruleoviolaceus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
canus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
castaneus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
cerasinoniger Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
chauliodon Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
chrysus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
clypeatus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
compactus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
cuneatus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
curtus Forel, 1902 (Australia)

D

dicyrtos Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
diversus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)

E

eumorphus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)

F

fieldi Forel, 1910 (Australia)
fulgidus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
fulvidus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
fulvihirtus Clark, 1941 (Australia)

G

gibbosus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
gilliatensis Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
graciliceps Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
gracilipes Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
gracilis Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
griseus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)

H

hexidens Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
hirsutipes Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
hirsutus Forel, 1902 (Australia)

I

incisus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
inconspicuus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
isaiah Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)

K

kuklos Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)

L

lanuginosus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
laticeps Wheeler, W.M., 1915 (Australia)
latinotus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
lissotriches Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
longiceps Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
longipes Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
ludius Forel, 1902 (Australia)

M

macrops Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
macroschismus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
majeri Agosti, 1998 (Australia)
major Forel, 1915 (Australia)
marius Forel, 1910 (Australia)
   • Melophorus fieldi propinquus Viehmeyer, 1925

marmar Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
microreticulatus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
microtriches Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
minimus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
mjobergi Forel, 1915 (Australia)
mullewaensis Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)

N

nemophilus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)

O

oblongiceps Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
orthonotus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)

P

paramorphomenus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
parvimolaris Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
pelecygnathus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
pelorocephalus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
perthensis Wheeler, W.M., 1934 (Australia)
platyceps Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
postlei Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
potteri McAreavey, 1947 (Australia)
praesens Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
prominens Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
propebiroi Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
purpureus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
pusillus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)

Q

quadratus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)

R

rufoniger Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)

S

sericothrix Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
setosus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
solitudinis Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
subulipalpus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
sulconotus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
sulla Forel, 1910 (Australia)

T

tenuis Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
teretinotus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
translucens Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
turbineus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)
turneri Forel, 1910 (Australia)
   • Melophorus pillipes Santschi, 1919
   • Melophorus turneri aesopus Forel, 1910
   • Melophorus turneri candidus Santschi, 1919

V

vitreus Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)

W

wheeleri Forel, 1910 (Australia)
   • Melophorus omniparens Forel, 1915

X

xouthos Heterick, Castalanelli & Shattuck, 2017 (Australia)