Oxyepoecus turgidus

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Oxyepoecus turgidus Kempf, 1969 junior synonym of current valid taxon Oxyepoecus inquilinus (Kusnezov, 1952)

Oxyepoecus turgidus Kempf, 1969: 278, figs. 1-3 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Agudos, Fazenda Santo Antonio, 23.ix.1954 (W.W. Kempf). Type-depository: MZSP. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 6 paratype workers. Paratype-locality: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 25.i.1953, 5 paratype workers Brazil: Goias, Anápolis, savanna nr Franciscan minor seminary, 2.i.1966, 7.i.1966, 18.iii.1964 (W.W. Kempf). Paratype-depository: MZSP.

Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 173.
Junior synonym of Oxyepoecus inquilinus: Kempf, 1974b: 489; Brandão, 1991: 365; Bolton, 1995b: 302; Albuquerque & Brandão, 2004: 66.

Citations

Albuquerque, N. L.; Brandão, C. R. F. 2004. A revision of the Neotropical Solenopsidini ant genus Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). 1. The Vezenyii species-group. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 44:55-80. PDF
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
Kempf, W. W. 1969. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. V. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 12:273-296. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1974b. A review of the Neotropical ant genus Oxyepoecus Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 17:471-512. PDF

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