Xiphomyrmex aruensis Karawajew 1935

Xiphomyrmex aruensis Karawajew, 1935: 105, w. Current status: junior synonym of Tetramorium carinatum (F. Smith, 1859: 148), w, Aru Isl. Synonymy: Bolton, 1977: 86. Type locality(-ies): “Wammar, Aroe Archipel, 9.III. 1913, W. Karawajew, Nr. 2567, Kolonie in eimen morschen Baumstamm, zahlreiche ww”. Original Karawajew label(-s): “ 2567 ”. Material: SYNTYPES, 11 w (newly mounted, IN 314 / 6 / 1), 128 w (in alcohol, IN 314 / BAMS 1 /Karaw 55).Published as part of Martynov, Alexander V. & Radchenko, Alexander G., 2016, Karawajew's ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, pp. 244-254 in Zootaxa 4097 (2) on page 252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/25576