Neoponera stipitum

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Neoponera stipitum Forel, 1901 junior synonym of current valid taxon Neoponera moesta (Mayr, 1870)

Neoponera stipitum Forel, 1901k: 348 (w.q.) COLOMBIA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 468). Primary type locality: lectotype Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, San Antonio, >1000 m. (A. Forel) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 162; no lectotype designated). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 8 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB, MZSP. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 134, cites 2 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) Other original syntype locality: Colombia: foot of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Burithaca (A. Forel).

Lectotype designation: MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 468.
Status as species: Forel, 1909a: 246; Emery, 1911e: 73; Mann, 1916: 413; Borgmeier, 1923: 67; Wheeler, 1942: 156; Kempf, 1972b: 162.
Junior synonym of Neoponera crenata: Brown, 1957e: 234; Bolton, 1995b: 310.
Junior synonym of Neoponera moesta: MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 468.

Obsolete combinations

Pachycondyla stipitum

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
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. 1957e. Biological investigations in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas. 4. Ants from Laguna Ocotal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 116:228-237. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Forel, A. 1901k. Nouvelles espèces de Ponerinae. (Avec un nouveau sous-genre et une espèce nouvelle d'Eciton). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 9:325-353. PDF
Forel, A. 1909a. Ameisen aus Guatemala usw., Paraguay und Argentinien (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909:239-269. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. 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. 1916. The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911, John C. Branner, Director. The ants of Brazil. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 60:399-490. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90:1-262. PDF

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