Pogonomyrmex variabilis

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Pogonomyrmex variabilis Santschi, 1916 junior synonym of current valid taxon Pogonomyrmex carbonarius Mayr, 1868

Pogonomyrmex vermiculatus var. variabilis Santschi, 1916b: 511 (w.m.) ARGENTINA (Rio Negro). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Johnson, 2021: 57). Primary type locality: lectotype Argentina: Río Negro, Corral Chico, 6.iii.1915 (Dr. Lehmann). Primary type depository: MZSP. Primary type specimen: CASENT0217252. (Source: Johnson, 2021: 57.) Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. (Source: Johnson, 2021: 57.) Type notes: 1) Other original syntypes are also present in MLPA, NHMB. 2) Johnson, 2021 does not mention the syntype males from the original description.

Lectotype designation: Johnson, 2021: 57.
Gallardo, 1932c: 143 (q.)
Subspecies of Pogonomyrmex vermiculatus: Santschi, 1919f: 44; Emery, 1921c: 47; Santschi, 1922c: 348; Gallardo, 1932c: 142 (redescription); Kusnezov, 1960b: 358.
Status as species: Kusnezov, 1951e: 253, 280; Kusnezov, 1960b: 358; Kempf, 1972b: 209; Bolton, 1995b: 342; Cuezzo & Claver, 2009: 101 (in key).
Junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex carbonarius: Johnson, 2021: 57.

Obsolete combinations

Pogonomyrmex vermiculatus variabilis

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Cuezzo, F.; Claver, S. 2009. Two new species of the ant genus Pogonomyrmex (Hmyenoptera: Formicidae) from Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 68:97-106. PDF
Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
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. 2021. A taxonomic revision of South American species of the seed-harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Part II. Zootaxa 5033 (1):1-230. 10.11646/zootaxa.5033.1.1 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
Kusnezov, N. 1960b ("1959"). La fauna de hormigas en el oeste de la Patagonia y Tierra del Fuego. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 17:321-401. PDF
Santschi, F. 1916b ("1915"). Descriptions de fourmis nouvelles d'Afrique et d'Amérique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84:497-513. PDF
Santschi, F. 1919f. Nouveaux formicides de la République Argentine. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 87:37-57. PDF
Santschi, F. 1922c. Myrmicines, dolichodérines et autres formicides néotropiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 54:345-378. PDF

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