Blepharidatta conops

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Blepharidatta conops Kempf, 1967 valid

Blepharidatta conops Kempf, 1967d: 355, figs. 4, 5 (w.) BRAZIL (Mato Grosso). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso, Três Lagoas, Fazenda Retiro de Telhas, 28.v.1964, Kempf coll. #4131 (K. Lenko). Primary type depository: MZSP. Primary type specimen: MZSP0084489. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: DZSP, MZSP. Secondary type specimens: MZSP0084490, MZSP0084491, MZSP0084492. Type notes: Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite holotype worker, 3 paratype workers in MZSP.

Brandão et al., 2001: 251 (eq.); Brandão et al., 2015: 47 (m.l.)
Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 37; Kempf, 1975c: 371; Brandão, 1991: 331; Bolton, 1995b: 80; Diniz et al., 1998: 270; Brandão et al., 2001: 251; Brandão et al., 2015: 46 (redescription).

Citations

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
Brandão, C. R. F.; Diniz, J. L. M.; Silva, P. R.; Albuquerque, N. L.; Silvestre, R. 2001. The first case of intranidal phragmosis in ants. The ergatoid queen of Blepharidatta conops (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) blocks the entrance of the brood chamber. Insectes Sociaux 48:251-258.
Brandão, C. R. F.; Feitosa, R. M.; Diniz, J. L. M. 2015. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical Myrmicinae ant genus Blepharidatta Wheeler. Zootaxa 4012 (1):33-56. PDF
Diniz, J. L. M.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Yamamoto, C. I. 1998. Biology of Blepharidatta ants, the sister group of the Attini: a possible origin of fungus-ant symbiosis. Naturwissenschaften 85:270-274. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1967d. Three new South American ants (Hym. Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 10:353-360. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1975c. Miscellaneous studies on neotropical ants. VI. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 18:341-380. 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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