Wasmannia auropunctata obscura
Forel, 1912
junior synonym of current valid taxon Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)
Wasmannia auropunctata var. obscura
Forel, 1912h:
1 (w.)
BRAZIL (Ceará).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Longino & Fernández, 2007: 277). Primary type locality: Brazil: Ceará (Diaz da Rocha) (by restriction of Longino & Fernández, 2007: 277). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
Other syntype localities: Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Dibulla, Burithaka, and Don Diego (A. Forel), Brazil: Santos (Ris).
- Lectotype designation: Longino & Fernández, 2007: 277.
- [Wasmannia auropunctata v. obscura Forel, 1908a: 65. Nomen nudum.]
- Subspecies of Wasmannia auropunctata: Luederwaldt, 1918: 40; Emery, 1924f: 294; Borgmeier, 1927c: 111; Kusnezov, 1952h: 174; Kempf, 1972b: 258; Bolton, 1995b: 423.
- Junior synonym of Wasmannia auropunctata: Longino & Fernández, 2007: 276; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 434.
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
- Borowiec, L.; Salata, S. 2025a. A monographic review of ants of Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Vol. 2. Review of the subfamily Myrmicinae except the genera Temnothorax and Tetramorium. Part 1: text. Bytom: Natural History Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, 1-476. PDF
- Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
- Forel, A. 1908a. Catálogo systemático da collecção de formigas do Ceará. Boletim do Museu Rocha 1(1):62-69. PDF
- Forel, A. 1912h. Formicides néotropiques. Part IV. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae Lep. (suite). Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 20:1-32. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Kusnezov, N. 1952h ("1951"). El género Wasmannia en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 10:173-182. PDF
- Longino, J. T.; Fernández, F. 2007. Taxonomic review of the genus Wasmannia. Pp. 271-289 in: Snelling, R. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (eds.) 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp. PDF
- Luederwaldt, H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Revista do Museu Paulista 10:29-64. PDF
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