Megalomyrmex iheringi

Megalomyrmex iheringi Forel, 1911 valid

Megalomyrmex iheringi Forel, 1911e: 304 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brandão, 1990b: 425). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: São Paulo, Park Cajuru, nr Alta da Serra (H. Lüderwaldt) (by restriction of Brandão, 1990b: 424). Primary type depository: MZSP. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 14 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: 4 paralectotype workers with same data as for lectotype, 10 paralectotype workers Alta da Serra, Bahnhof (H. von Ihering). Secondary type depositories: MHNG, MNRJ, MZSP.

Lectotype designation: Brandão, 1990b: 425.
[Misspelled as jheringi by Borgmeier, 1927c: 100; Kempf, 1972b: 140.]
Borgmeier, 1930: 33 (q.)
Status as species: Luederwaldt, 1918: 43; Emery, 1922c: 190; Wheeler, 1925a: 33 (in key); Borgmeier, 1927c: 100; Borgmeier, 1930: 33; Ettershank, 1966: 105; Kempf, 1972b: 140; Brandão, 1990b: 424 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 249; Brandão, 2003b: 148.

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. 1930. Duas rainhas de Eciton e algumas outras formigas brasileiras. Archivos do Instituto Biológico (São Paulo) 3:21-40. 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. 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. 1911e. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1911:285-312. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Luederwaldt, H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Revista do Museu Paulista 10:29-64. 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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