Hylomyrma speciosa
(Borgmeier, 1937)
junior synonym of current valid taxon Hylomyrma balzani (Emery, 1894)
Lundella speciosa
Borgmeier, 1937b:
241, figs. 25-29 (w.)
BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Ulysséa & Brandão, 2021: 22). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaya (J.F. Zikán). Primary type depository: MZSP. Primary type specimen: MZSP67307 (lectotype). (Source: Ulysséa & Brandão, 2021: 22.)
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MZSP. Secondary type specimen/s: MZSP67308. (Source: Ulysséa & Brandão, 2021: 22.)
Type notes:
1) Original material included: syntype workers (number not stated); Brazil: (no further data; deposited in MZSP. 2) Kempf, 1960f: 435, records 3 syntypes, with the data Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia (J.F. Zikán).
- Junior synonym of Hylomyrma balzani: Kempf, 1960f: 434; Kempf, 1972b: 118; Kempf, 1973b: 230; Bolton, 1995b: 213; Pierce et al., 2017: 137; Ulysséa & Brandão, 2021: 22.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Borgmeier, T. 1937b. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas da América do Sul e Central, principalmente do Brasil (Hym. Formicidae). Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal (Rio de Janeiro) 3:217-255. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1960f. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)3:417-466. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1973b. A revision of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Hylomyrma Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 16:225-260. PDF
- Pierce, M. P.; Branstetter, M. G.; Longino, J. T. 2017. Integrative taxonomy reveals multiple cryptic species within Central American Hylomyrma Forel, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 25:131-143. PDF
- Ulysséa, M. A.; Brandão, C. R. F. 2021. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical ant genus Hylomyrma Forel, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of fourteen new species. Zootaxa 5055 (1):1-137. 10.11646/zootaxa.5055.1.1 PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
- All genera
- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae