Megalomyrmex myops

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Megalomyrmex myops Santschi, 1925 valid

Megalomyrmex (Wheelerimyrmex) myops Santschi, 1925d: 237 (w.) BRAZIL (Paraná). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brandão, 1990b: 452). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Paraná, Rio Negro (A. Reichensperger). Primary type depository: NHMB. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: Original description cites 4 worker syntypes, but Brandão, 1990b: 453, reports only lectotype plus 1 paralectotype in NHMB.

Lectotype designation: Brandão, 1990b: 452.
Status as species: Borgmeier, 1927c: 100; Santschi, 1936d: 405; Ettershank, 1966: 105; Kempf, 1972b: 140; Brandão, 1990b: 452 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 249; Brandão, 2003b: 157.

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
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
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
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Santschi, F. 1925d. Nouveaux Formicides brésiliens et autres. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 65:221-247. PDF
Santschi, F. 1936d. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes de la République Argentine. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 6:402-421. PDF

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