Megalomyrmex myops
Santschi, 1925
valid
Megalomyrmex (Wheelerimyrmex) myops
Santschi, 1925d:
237 (w.)
BRAZIL (Paraná).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brandão, 1990b: 452). Type-locality: lectotype Brazil: Paraná, Rio Negro (A. Reichensperger). Type-depository: NHMB.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 4 paralectotype workers. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depository: NHMB.
Type notes:
Brandão, 1990b: 453, reports only lectotype plus 1 paralectotype present in NHMB.
- Lectotype designation: Brandão, 1990b: 452.
- Status as species: Borgmeier, 1927c: 100; Santschi, 1936d: 405; Ettershank, 1966: 105; Kempf, 1972b: 140; Brandão, 1990b: 452 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 249; Brandão, 2003b: 157.
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
- Brandão, C. R. F. 1990b. Systematic revision of the Neotropical ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of thirteen new species. Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 31:411-481. PDF
- Brandão, C. R. F. 2003b. Further revisionary studies on the ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 43:145-159. PDF
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1925d. Nouveaux Formicides brésiliens et autres. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 65:221-247. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1936d. Fourmis nouvelles ou intéressantes de la République Argentine. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 6:402-421. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae
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- acauna
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- balzani
- bidentatus
- brandaoi
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- glaesarius
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- miri
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- mondaboroides
- myops
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- peetersi
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- poatan
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- symmetochus
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