Acanthostichus kirbyi

Acanthostichus kirbyi Emery, 1895 valid

Acanthostichus kirbyi Emery, 1895l: 751, fig. OO.B (w.) BRAZIL (Mato Grosso). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay, 1996: 156). Type-locality: Brazil: Mato Grosso (Germain). Type-depository: MSNG. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 1 paralectotype worker. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depository: USNM. Type notes: Other original syntypes, from Paraguay: (no further data) (Balzan), could not be found and are assumed to be lost (MacKay, 1996: 156).

Lectotype designation: MacKay, 1996: 156.
Combination in Acanthostichus (Acanthostichus): Emery, 1911e: 13.
Status as species: Emery, 1906c: 111; Emery, 1911e: 13; Bruch, 1914: 212; Gallardo, 1918c: 10 (redescription); Borgmeier, 1923: 51; Wheeler, 1934g: 163 (in key); Kusnezov, 1962a: 131; Kempf, 1972b: 10; Brown, 1975: 42; Bolton, 1995b: 54; MacKay, 1996: 155 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 23; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 109.

Citations

Bezděčková, K.; Bezděčka, P.; Machar, I. 2015. A checklist of the ants of Peru. Zootaxa 4020:101-133. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
Bruch, C. 1914. Catálogo sistemático de los formícidos argentinos. Revista del Museo de La Plata 19:211-234. PDF
Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8:685-778. PDF
Emery, C. 1906c ("1905"). Studi sulle formiche della fauna Neotropica. XXXVII. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 37 (1905):107-194. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Gallardo, A. 1918c. Las hormigas de la República Argentina. Subfamilia Ponerinas. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 30:1-112. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Kusnezov, N. 1962a. El género Acanthostichus Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 18:121-138. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1996. A revision of the ant genus Acanthostichus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 27:129-179. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77:157-240. PDF
Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF

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