Cyphomyrmex rimosus breviscapus

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Cyphomyrmex rimosus breviscapus Weber, 1940 junior synonym of current valid taxon Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862

Cyphomyrmex rimosus subsp. breviscapus Weber, 1940b: 412 (diagnosis in key) (w.) PANAMA (Barro Colorado). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Panama: Canal Zone, Barro Colorado I., 1938 (N.A. Weber). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP. Primary type specimen: MZSP0085611. Type notes: Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 2 syntype workers in MZSP.

Subspecies of Cyphomyrmex rimosus: Weber, 1941b: 103; Kempf, 1966: 162; Kempf, 1972b: 93.
Junior synonym of Cyphomyrmex minutus: Snelling & Longino, 1992: 490; Bolton, 1995b: 167.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Kempf, W. W. 1966 ("1965"). A revision of the Neotropical fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex Mayr. Part II: Group of rimosus (Spinola) (Hym., Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 8:161-200. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Snelling, R. R.; Longino, J. T. 1992. Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini). Pp. 479-494 in: Quintero, D.; Aiello, A. (eds.) 1992. Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xxii + 692 pp. PDF
Ulysséa, M. A.; Santos, S.; Moleiro, H. P.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Camacho, G. P. 2025. The MZSP Ant Type Collection: a complete catalogue and digital resource for global access. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3):blaf034, 17 pp. [online early] 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf034 PDF
Weber, N. A. 1940b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part VI. Key to Cyphomyrmex, new Attini and a new guest ant. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 11:406-427. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1941b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part VII. The Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, species. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 12:93-130. PDF

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