Pseudoponera cauta

Pseudoponera cauta (Mann, 1922) junior synonym of current valid taxon Pseudoponera succedanea (Roger, 1863)

Euponera (Trachymesopus) cauta Mann, 1922: 8 (w.) HONDURAS. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 538). Primary type locality: lectotype Honduras: Lombardia, ii.-iii.1920 (W.M. Mann). Primary type depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 5 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: USNM. Type notes: MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 538, also cite 2 “cotypes” in MCZC.

Lectotype designation: MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 538.
Combination in Trachymesopus: Kempf, 1960f: 423.
Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 303.
Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 251; Kempf & Lenko, 1976: 55; Brandão, 1991: 382; Bolton, 1995b: 303.
Junior synonym of Pseudoponera succedanea: MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 538.

Obsolete combinations

Euponera cauta

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
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla and Neoponera attributed to Brown.]. Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Kempf, W. W. 1960f. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)3:417-466. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Kempf, W. W.; Lenko, K. 1976. Levantamento da formicifauna no litoral norte e ilhas adjacentes do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. I. Subfamilias Dorylinae, Ponerinae e Pseudomyrmecinae (Hym., Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 19:45-66. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; MacKay, E. 2010. The systematics and biology of the New World ants of the genus Pachycondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, xii + 642 pp. PDF
Mann, W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54. PDF