Species Melophorus turneri Forel, 1910

Museums

Melophorus turneri aesopus Forel, A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de M. M. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18: 1-94 [64].
Type data:

Syntype(s) GMNH major and minor workers, Tennants [sic] Creek, Northern Territory; ANIC W, Tennant Creek, NT.
Melophorus turneri candidus Santschi, F. 1919. Cinq notes myrmécologiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 52: 325-350 [328] [as candida].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BNHM major and minor workers, VIC.
Melophorus turneri Forel, A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de M. M. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18: 1-94 [63].
Type data:

Syntype(s) GMNH W, Cape York, QLD; ANIC W, Cape York, QLD.
Melophorus pillipes Santschi, F. 1919. Cinq notes myrmécologiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 52: 325-350 [329].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BNHM major and minor workers, Townsville, QLD.

Heterick, B.E., Castalanelli, M. & Shattuck, S.O. 2017. Revision of the ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 700: 1–420 [314] (considered M. aesops and M. candidus as junior synonyms of M. turneri rather than subspecies, and synonymised M. pillipes)

Heterick et al. (2017) revised species.

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Widespread and common all mainland states and territories, not known from Tasmania.

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	Melophorini Forel, 1912	31-May-2018	MODIFIED
23-Mar-2015	FORMICIDAE	27-Mar-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
23-Mar-2015		21-Jun-2013	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		25-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		18-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)