Acanthostichus niger

Acanthostichus niger Santschi, 1933 junior synonym of current valid taxon Acanthostichus quadratus Emery, 1895

Acanthostichus serratulus var. niger Santschi, 1933f: 105 (w.) ARGENTINA (Misiones). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay, 1996: 163). Primary type locality: Argentina: Misiones, Loreto, no. 1940 (A.A. Ogloblin). Primary type depository: NHMB. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB.

Lectotype designation: MacKay, 1996: 163.
Junior synonym of Acanthostichus serratulus: Kusnezov, 1962a: 132; Kempf, 1972b: 10.
Status as species: Brown, 1975: 42; Brandão, 1991: 322; Bolton, 1995b: 54.
Junior synonym of Acanthostichus quadratus: MacKay, 1996: 162

Obsolete combinations

Acanthostichus serratulus niger

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. 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
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
Santschi, F. 1933f. Fourmis de la République Argentine en particulier du territoire de Misiones. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 116:105-124. PDF

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