Acropyga wheeleri

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Acropyga wheeleri Mann, 1922 junior synonym of current valid taxon Acropyga exsanguis (Wheeler, 1909)

Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) wheeleri Mann, 1922: 52 (w.q.) HONDURAS. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queen (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Honduras: Lombardia, ii.-iii.1920 (W.M. Mann). Primary type depositories: MCZC, USNM. Type notes: LaPolla, 2004a: 47, cites 8 worker syntypes in MCZC, USNM.

Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 30; Wheeler, 1935f: 327; Donisthorpe, 1936b: 110 (in list); Weber, 1944b: 101 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 58.
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
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. 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
Mann, W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54. 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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