Protonym: Creightonidris scambognatha
| Authorship | Brown, 1949h: 89 |
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| Forms | q. |
| Bioregion | Neotropic |
| Locality | BRAZIL (Goiás) |
| Etymology | From Greek, “skambos”, curved, arched + “gnathos”, mandible. Dr. William Brown Jr. must have named this species based on the aberrant shape of its mandibles, whose apical region is conspicuously facing the ventral region. (Source: Probst & Brandão, 2022: 54.) |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Brazil: Goiás, Campinas, x.1935 (Schwarzmeier). Primary type depository: MZSP. Primary type specimen: MZSP0084487. |
| Type notes | Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, confirm holotype queen in MZSP. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Basiceros scambognathus | Species | Valid | |
| Creightonidris scambognatha | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Basiceros scambognathus (Brown, 1949)
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Original combination |