Gnamptogenys mordax purensis

Gnamptogenys mordax purensis (Forel, 1912) junior synonym of current valid taxon Gnamptogenys mordax (Smith, 1858)

Ectatomma (Gnamptogenys) mordax var. purensis Forel, 1912d: 33 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio Grande do Sul). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, upper Purus river (Huber). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907188. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 131, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB.

Subspecies of Gnamptogenys mordax: Borgmeier, 1923: 61.
Junior synonym of Gnamptogenys mordax: Brown, 1958g: 228; Kempf, 1972b: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 210; Lattke, 1995: 176.

Obsolete combinations

Ectatomma mordax purensis

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:173-362. PDF
Forel, A. 1912d. Formicides néotropiques. Part I. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 56:28-49. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Lattke, J. E. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Gnamptogenys in the New World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 4:137-193. PDF

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