Cheliomyrmex megalonyx

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Cheliomyrmex megalonyx Wheeler, 1921 valid

Cheliomyrmex megalonyx Wheeler, 1921d: 322, figs. 5b, 9d-f, 10 (s.w.m.) GUYANA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype males (numbers not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: Guyana (“British Guiana”): Kartabo, 21 and 31.viii.1920 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP, NHMB. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 68, cites 3 worker, 2 male syntypes in NHMB.

Wheeler, 1943: 320 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1984a: 267 (l.)
Status as species: Borgmeier, 1955: 67 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 77; Watkins, 1976: 7 (in key); Brandão, 1991: 337; Bolton, 1995b: 145.

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3:1-720. 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
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Watkins, J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp. PDF
Wheeler, G. C. 1943. The larvae of the army ants. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36:319-332. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1984a. The larvae of the army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a revision. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 57:263-275. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1921d. Observations on army ants in British Guiana. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 56:291-328. PDF

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