Myrmelachista skwarrae

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

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Myrmelachista skwarrae Wheeler, 1934 valid

Myrmelachista skwarrae Wheeler, 1934g: 192, fig. 2 (w.q.m.) MEXICO (Morelos). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”), 7 syntype queens, 6 syntype males. Primary type locality: Mexico: Morelos, Cuautla, 1929, no. 762 (E. Skwarra). Primary type depositories: MCZC, USNM.

Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 148; Bolton, 1995b: 276; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 256.

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

M. s. laeta Wheeler, 1934
M. s. picea Wheeler, 1934

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. 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

Extant: 2 valid subspecies

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