Megalomyrmex pusillus

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Megalomyrmex pusillus Forel, 1912 valid

Megalomyrmex pusillus Forel, 1912h: 15 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brandão, 1990b: 453). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Alto da Serra (E.A. Goeldi). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB. Type notes: Brandão, 1990b: 453, points out that the type-locality (Alto da Serra) is in São Paulo state, not Rio de Janeiro as originally stated.

Lectotype designation: Brandão, 1990b: 453.
Brandão, 1990b: 453 (q.)
Status as species: Emery, 1922c: 190; Wheeler, 1925a: 33 (in key); Borgmeier, 1927c: 100; Borgmeier, 1939: 421; Ettershank, 1966: 105; Kempf, 1972b: 140; Brandão, 1990b: 453 (redescription); Brandão, 1991: 355; Bolton, 1995b: 249; Brandão, 2003b: 158.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1939. Nova contribuição para o conhecimento das formigas neotropicas (Hym. Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 10:403-428. PDF
Brandão, C. R. F. 1990b. Systematic revision of the Neotropical ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of thirteen new species. Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 31:411-481. PDF
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
Brandão, C. R. F. 2003b. Further revisionary studies on the ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 43:145-159. PDF
Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171. PDF
Forel, A. 1912h. Formicides néotropiques. Part IV. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae Lep. (suite). Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 20:1-32. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1925a. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(8):1-55. PDF

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