Cephalotes persimilis

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Cephalotes persimilis De Andrade, 1999 valid

Cephalotes persimilis De Andrade, 1999b: 441, figs. 201-204 (s.w.q.m.) BRAZIL (Bahia). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype soldier. Primary type locality: Brazil: Bahia, Feira de Santana, Tanquinho, 8.xii.1953 (C.R. Gonçalves). Primary type depository: MZSP. Primary type specimen: MZSP0084961. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype soldier, 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MZSP. Secondary type specimen: MZSP0084962. Type notes: Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, confirm holotype worker, 1 paratype soldier, 1 paratype worker in MZSP.

Status as species: Wild, 2007b: 32; Oliveira et al., 2021: 31 (in list).

Citations

De Andrade, M. L. 1999b. [Untitled. Series of 33 new species, attributed to De Andrade only.]. Pp. 1-889 (part) in: De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889. PDF
Oliveira, A. M.; Powell, S.; Feitosa, R. M. 2021. A taxonomic study of the Brazilian turtle ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Cephalotes). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 65 (3):52 pp. e20210028. [online early] 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0028 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
Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF

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