Pseudomyrma cephalica
Smith, 1855
an obsolete combination of Pseudomyrmex cephalica (Smith, 1855)
Pseudomyrma cephalica
Smith, 1855c:
168, pl. 13, figs.12-17 (w.q.m.)
BRAZIL (Amazonas).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Amazonas, Villa Nova (H.W. Bates). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes:
Ward, 1989a: 438, cites 2 worker syntypes; he also cites a single queen from Pará, Santarem, labelled as type in BMNH; this locality is not mentioned in the original description.
Citations
- Smith, F. 1855c. Descriptions of some species of Brazilian ants belonging to the genera Pseudomyrma, Eciton and Myrmica (with observations on their economy by Mr. H. W. Bates). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (2)3:156-169. PDF
- Ward, P. S. 1989a. Systematic studies on pseudomyrmecine ants: revision of the Pseudomyrmex oculatus and P. subtilissimus species groups, with taxonomic comments on other species. Quaestiones Entomologicae 25:393-468. PDF
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synonym
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homonym
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