Ooceraea ierensis

Ooceraea ierensis (Weber, 1939) junior synonym of current valid taxon Ooceraea biroi (Forel, 1907)

Cerapachys (Syscia) ierensis Weber, 1939a: 94 (w.) TRINIDAD. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a series”). Primary type locality: Trinidad (“British West Indies”): St Augustine, 17.v.1935, 3.VIII.1935, 20.v.1936 (N.A. Weber). Primary type depositories: AMNH, BMNH, MCZC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0102253 (BMNH).

Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 76.
Junior synonym of Ooceraea biroi: Brown, 1975: 22, 73; Ogata, 1983b: 136; Brandão, 1991: 337; Bolton, 1995b: 143.

Obsolete combinations

Cerapachys ierensis

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Ogata, K. 1983b. The ant genus Cerapachys F. Smith of Japan, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Esakia 20:131-137. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1939a. New ants of rare genera and a new genus of ponerine ants. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 32:91-104. PDF

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