Pogonomyrmex carnivora

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Pogonomyrmex carnivora Santschi, 1925 junior synonym of current valid taxon Pogonomyrmex serpens Santschi, 1922

Pogonomyrmex cunicularis var. carnivora [sic] Santschi, 1925e: 155, fig. 2 (w.) Note: cunicularis is a misspelling of Pogonomyrmex cunicularius. ARGENTINA (Santa Fe). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Johnson, 2015: 56). Primary type locality: lectotype Argentina: Fives Lille, #1614 (V. Weiser). Primary type depository: MACN. Primary type specimen: CASENT0249054 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 6 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MACN, MZSP. Type notes: Other original syntypes perhaps in NHMB.

Lectotype designation: Johnson, 2015: 56.
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1931f: 274 (in key).
Subspecies of Pogonomyrmex cunicularius: Gallardo, 1932c: 123 (redescription).
Status as species: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1972b: 236.
Junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex cunicularius: Kusnezov, 1951e: 251; Kempf, 1972b: 208; Bolton, 1995b: 340.
Junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex serpens: Johnson, 2015: 56.

Obsolete combinations

Pogonomyrmex cunicularius carnivora

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Gallardo, A. 1932c. Las hormigas de la República Argentina. Subfamilia Mirmicinas, segunda sección Eumyrmicinae, tribu Myrmicini (F. Smith), género Pogonomyrmex Mayr. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 37:89-170. PDF
Johnson, R. A. 2015. A taxonomic revision of South American species of the seed-harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Part I. Zootaxa 4029 (1):1-142. 10.11646/zootaxa.4029.1.1 PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Kusnezov, N. 1951e. El género Pogonomyrmex Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 11:227-333. PDF
Santschi, F. 1925e. Fourmis des provinces argentines de Santa Fe, Catamarca, Santa Cruz, Córdoba et Los Andes. Comunicaciones del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Bernardino Rivadavia" 2:149-168. PDF
Santschi, F. 1931f. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Argentine. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 112:273-282. PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1972b. Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmicinae: second supplement on the tribes Myrmicini and Pheidolini. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society 7:233-246. PDF

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