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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Formicidae
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Formicinae
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Plagiolepidini
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Acropyga
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Acropyga quadriceps
Acropyga
quadriceps
Weber, 1944
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Acropyga goeldii
Forel, 1893
Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) quadriceps
Weber, 1944b
: 113, fig. 5 (w.) TRINIDAD. Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “one colony”). Primary type locality: Trinidad (“British West Indies”): Northern Range, Maracas Valley, Maracas Waterfall, 900 ft, 23.iii.1935, no. 74 (
N.A. Weber
). Primary type depository:
MCZC
.
Type notes:
LaPolla, 2004a
: 50, cites 4 worker syntypes in
MCZC
.
Status as species:
Kempf, 1972b
: 18;
Bolton, 1995b
: 58.
Junior synonym of
Acropyga goeldii
:
LaPolla, 2004a
: 50
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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
Weber, N. A.
1944b.
The neotropical coccid-tending ants of the genus
Acropyga
Roger.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 37:89-122.
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