Acropyga bruchi

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Acropyga bruchi Santschi, 1929 junior synonym of current valid taxon Acropyga exsanguis (Wheeler, 1909)

Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) bruchi Santschi, 1929d: 308 (w.) ARGENTINA (Santa Fe). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 20 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Argentina: Santa Fe, Rosario (J. Hubrich). Primary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: LaPolla, 2004a: 47, cites 3 worker syntypes in NHMB.

Status as species: Wheeler, 1935f: 327; Donisthorpe, 1936b: 110 (in list); Weber, 1944b: 103 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 57.
Junior synonym of Acropyga exsanguis: LaPolla, 2004a: 47

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Donisthorpe, H. 1936b. Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) robae sp. nov. (Hym. Formicidae), a new S. American ant, with remarks on the genus, etc. Entomologist 69:108-111. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2004a. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the world. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 33(3):1-130. PDF
Santschi, F. 1929d. Nouvelles fourmis de la République Argentine et du Brésil. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 107:273-316. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1944b. The neotropical coccid-tending ants of the genus Acropyga Roger. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 37:89-122. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1935f. Ants of the genus Acropyga Roger, with description of a new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 43:321-329. PDF

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