Myrmelachista mexicana

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Myrmelachista mexicana Wheeler, 1934 valid

Myrmelachista (Decamera) mexicana Wheeler, 1934g: 200, fig. 4 (w.q.m.) MEXICO (Veracruz). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 4 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen, 7 syntype males. Primary type locality: Mexico: Veracruz, Mirador, 1929, no. 296 (E. Skwarra). Primary type depositories: MCZC, USNM.

Combination in Myrmelachista (Hincksidris): Kempf, 1972b: 149.
Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 149; Bolton, 1995b: 276; Longino, 2006a: 39 (redescription).

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Longino, J. T. 2006a. A taxonomic review of the genus Myrmelachista (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Costa Rica. Zootaxa 1141:1-54. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77:157-240. PDF

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