Atta bisphaerica

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Atta bisphaerica Forel, 1908 valid

Atta sexdens var. bisphaerica Forel, 1908: 348 (w.q.m.) BRAZIL (São Paulo). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Ypiranga, 18.xi.81906 (H. Lüderwaldt). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MZSP. Primary type specimens: CASENT0909446 MP 6287, CASENT0909445 MP 6287, MZSP0084449, MZSP0084477, MZSP0084478, MZSP0084479, MZSP0084480, MZSP0084481, MZSP0084482, MZSP0084483, MZSP0090560, MZSP0090561, MZSP0090562. Type notes: 1) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S2, supply the corrected collection details from the handwritten catalogues at MZSP: MP 6287, 18.xi.81906, Atta ludens L. var. bisphaerica n. var. (Formicidae), H. Lüderwaldt, Ypiranga, M, Q, W ex ninho. 2) Original collection information: Brazil: São Paulo (H. von Ihering).

Combination in Atta (Neoatta): Gonçalves, 1942: 347.
Combination in Atta (Palaeatta): Borgmeier, 1950d: 244.
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1913c: 259.
Subspecies of Atta sexdens: Luederwaldt, 1918: 38; Emery, 1924f: 355; Borgmeier, 1927c: 137.
Status as species: Borgmeier, 1939: 426; Gonçalves, 1942: 347; Gonçalves, 1947a: 202; Borgmeier, 1950d: 244; Borgmeier, 1959b: 377 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 28; Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989: 52; Brandão, 1991: 328; Bolton, 1995b: 75.

Obsolete combinations

Atta sexdens bisphaerica

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1939. Nova contribuição para o conhecimento das formigas neotropicas (Hym. Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 10:403-428. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1950d. Estudos sôbre Atta (Hym. Formicidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro 48:239-263. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1959b. Revision der Gattung Atta Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)2:321-390. PDF
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
Cherrett, J. M.; Cherrett, F. J. 1989. A bibliography of the leaf-cutting ants, Atta spp. and Acromyrmex spp., up to 1975. Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute Bulletin 14:1-58. PDF
Emery, C. 1913c. Études sur les Myrmicinae. [V-VII.]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:250-262. PDF
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Forel, A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58:340-418. PDF
Gonçalves, C. R. 1942. Contribuição para o conhecimento do gênero Atta Fabr., das formigas saúvas. Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Agronomia 5:333-358. PDF
Gonçalves, C. R. 1947a ("1945"). Saúvas do sul e centro do Brasil. Boletim Fitossanitário 2:183-218. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Luederwaldt, H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Revista do Museu Paulista 10:29-64. PDF
Ulysséa, M. A.; Santos, S.; Moleiro, H. P.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Camacho, G. P. 2025. The MZSP Ant Type Collection: a complete catalogue and digital resource for global access. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3):blaf034, 17 pp. [online early] 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf034 PDF

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