Prionopelta mayri
Forel, 1909
junior synonym of current valid taxon Prionopelta punctulata Mayr, 1866
Prionopelta mayri
Forel, 1909a:
239 (w.)
BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina (Hetschko). Primary type depository: NHMW. Primary type specimen: CASENT0915650.
Type notes:
This taxon is based on a worker initially recorded as Prionopelta punctulata , sensu Mayr, 1887: 549 (misidenification).]
- Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 33; Mann, 1922: 2; Santschi, 1923c: 246; Borgmeier, 1923: 53.
- Junior synonym of Prionopelta punctulata: Brown, 1960a: 178; Kempf, 1972b: 210; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 240.
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1960a. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122:143-230.
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
- Forel, A. 1909a. Ameisen aus Guatemala usw., Paraguay und Argentinien (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909:239-269. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Ladino, N.; Feitosa, R. M. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the genus Prionopelta Mayr, 1866 (Formicidae: Amblyoponinae) for the Neotropical region. Zootaxa 4821 (2):201-249. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4821.2.1 PDF
- Mann, W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54. PDF
- Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37:511-632. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1923c. Solenopsis et autres fourmis néotropicales. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 30:245-273. 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