Acanthostichus townsendi
(Ashmead, 1906)
junior synonym of current valid taxon Acanthostichus texanus Forel, 1904
Ctenopyga townsendi
Ashmead, 1906:
29, fig. 4 (q.m.)
MEXICO.
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype male (by designation of MacKay, 1996: 170). Primary type locality: Mexico: La Puerta, 6.v.1895 (C.H.T. Townsend). Primary type depository: MCZC (lectotype).
Type notes:
Original type-series consisted of 1 syntype queen, 2 syntype males, initially deposited in USNM. The male currently in MCZC (lectotype) now appears to be the only extant specimen (MacKay, 1996: 170).
- Lectotype designation: MacKay, 1996: 170.
- Combination in Acanthostichus (Ctenopyga): Emery, 1911e: 14
- Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 14; Kusnezov, 1962a: 133.
- Junior synonym of Acanthostichus texanus: Smith, 1955b: 49; Smith, 1955c: 99; Smith, 1958c: 110; Brown, 1975: 42; Smith, 1979: 1334; Bolton, 1995b: 54; MacKay, 1996: 168.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Ashmead, W. H. 1906. Classification of the foraging and driver ants, or Family Dorylidae, with a description of the genus Ctenopyga Ashm. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 8:21-31. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- 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
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. 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
- Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
- Smith, M. R. 1955b. Acanthostichus (Ctenopyga) townsendi (Ashm.), a synonym of Acanthostichus texanus Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 50:48-50. PDF
- Smith, M. R. 1955c. Remarks concerning the types of five species of ants described by Roger or Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 50:98-99. PDF
- Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
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