Acropyga trinitatis

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Acropyga trinitatis Weber, 1944 junior synonym of current valid taxon Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893

Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) trinitatis Weber, 1944b: 117, figs. 7, 8, 17-19 (w.q.) TRINIDAD. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Trinidad: Northern Range, between 11th and 11.25th mi. of the Arima-Blanchisseuse Road, 1800 ft, 7.iv.1935, no. 108 (N.A. Weber). Primary type depository: MCZC. Type notes: LaPolla, 2004a: 50, cites 4 worker, 1 queen syntypes.

Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 58.
Junior synonym of Acropyga goeldii: LaPolla, 2004a: 50

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2004a. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the world. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 33(3):1-130. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1944b. The neotropical coccid-tending ants of the genus Acropyga Roger. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 37:89-122. PDF

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