William L. Brown, Jr.
Neoclystopsenella (Bethylidae), a synonym of Tapinoma (Formicidae).
Psyche 94(3-4):337, 1987.

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NEOCL YSTOPSENELLA (BETHY LIDAE)
A SYNONYM OF TAPINOMA (FORMICIDAE)
Department of Entomology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
I followed up Dr. Karl Krombein's suggestion that Kurian's spe- cies Neoclystopsenella luffae might be an ant, and not a bethylid as originally described. The type place of deposit is unknown, but a reading of the original paper convinces me that the description, although vague and incomplete, fits well the current concept of male Tapinoma in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. The specific identity of Tapinoma luffae NEW COMBINATION remains obscure, but judging from the small size given, "2.4 mm," and the wing venation as figured by Kurian, it may be close to or the same as T. melanocepha- lum or one of its relatives in bbsubgenus Micromyrma." Tapinoma
Tapinoma Foerster, 1850: 43, worker, queen (not male). Type: Tapinoma collina Foerster = Tapinoma erraticum, monobasic. Neoclystopsenella Kurian 1955: 133, male. Type: Neoclystopsenella iuffae Kurian, by original designation, monobasic (described in Bethylidae). New synonym. FOERSTER, A. 1850. Hymenopterologische Studien. 1. Formicariae, pp. 1-74. Ver- lag E. Ter Meer, Aachen.
KURIAN, C. 1955. Bethyloidea (Hymenoptera) from India. Agra University Jour- nal of Research (Science) 4: 67-155.
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