Cylindromyrmex schmidti

Cylindromyrmex schmidti Menozzi, 1931 junior synonym of current valid taxon Cylindromyrmex whymperi (Cameron, 1891)

Cylindromyrmex (Metacylindromyrmex) schmidti Menozzi, 1931d: 191, figs. 3, 4 (w.q.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Costa Rica: La Caja, 8 km. W San José (H. Schmidt). Primary type depositories: DEIB, IEUB.

Status as species: Wheeler, 1937b: 444 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 91; Brown, 1975: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 167.
Junior synonym of Cylindromyrmex whymperi: De Andrade, 1998a: 597

Citations

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
De Andrade, M. L. 1998a. Fossil and extant species of Cylindromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 105:581-664. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Menozzi, C. 1931d. Qualche nuova formica di Costa Rica (Hym.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 92:188-202. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1937b. Ants mostly from the mountains of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 81:439-465. PDF

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