Acropyga donisthorpei

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Acropyga donisthorpei Weber, 1944 valid

Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) donisthorpei Weber, 1944b: 118, figs. 9, 20, 21 (w.) GUYANA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of LaPolla, 2004a: 58). Primary type locality: Guyana (“British Guiana”): Kartabo Point, between Cuyuni and Mazaruni rivers, 15.vi.1936, no. 474 (N.A. Weber). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC. Type notes: Original description says “workers of one colony”, which implies >2 specimens.

Lectotype designation: LaPolla, 2004a: 58.
LaPolla, 2004a: 58 (q.m.)
Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 57; LaPolla, 2004a: 58 (redescription); Bezděčková et al., 2015: 111.
Senior synonym of Acropyga oko: LaPolla, 2004a: 58.
Senior synonym of Acropyga paludis: LaPolla, 2004a: 58.

Junior synonyms

Acropyga oko Weber, 1944
Acropyga paludis Weber, 1944

Citations

Bezděčková, K.; Bezděčka, P.; Machar, I. 2015. A checklist of the ants of Peru. Zootaxa 4020:101-133. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2004a. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the world. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 33(3):1-130. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1944b. The neotropical coccid-tending ants of the genus Acropyga Roger. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 37:89-122. PDF

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