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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Solenopsidini
›
Megalomyrmex
›
Megalomyrmex caete
Megalomyrmex
caete
Brandão, 1990
valid
Megalomyrmex caete
Brandão, 1990b
: 422, figs. 2, 9, 27 (w.q.) ECUADOR. Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Ecuador: Prov. Guayas, 3 km. SW Bucay, 24.vii.1973 (
W.L. Brown
). Type-depository:
MCZC
.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 4 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depositories:
BMNH
,
MCZC
,
MZSP
.
Status as species:
Brandão, 1991
: 354;
Bolton, 1995b
: 249.
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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.
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Brandão, C. R. F.
1991.
Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412.
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