Cyphomyrmex flavidus

Cyphomyrmex flavidus Pergande, 1896 valid

Cyphomyrmex flavidus Pergande, 1896: 895 (w.) MEXICO (Nayarit). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Snelling & Longino, 1992: 485). Primary type locality: lectotype Mexico: Tepic, Santiago Ixtquintla, x.-xi.1894 (G. Eisen & Vaslit). Primary type depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: LACM, USNM. Type notes: 1) The taxon was based originally on 7 syntype workers. 2) Snelling & Longino, 1992: 485, cite 3 worker syntypes in USNM. 3) The remaining four could not be found by Snelling & Longino, 1992, but they suspect one may be in AMNH.

Lectotype designation: Snelling & Longino, 1992: 485.
Status as species: Forel, 1899b: 41; Wheeler, 1907d: 726 (redescription); Emery, 1924f: 341; Weber, 1940b: 409 (in key); Kempf, 1966: 172 (redescription); Weber, 1966a: 167; Kempf, 1972b: 92; Snelling & Longino, 1992: 485; Bolton, 1995b: 167; Ward, 2005: 65; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 850.
Senior synonym of Cyphomyrmex dentatus: Snelling & Longino, 1992: 485; Bolton, 1995b: 167.

Junior synonyms

Cyphomyrmex dentatus Forel, 1901
Obsolete combination(s): Cyphomyrmex rimosus dentatus

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
Fernández, F.; Serna, F. J. 2019. Subfamilia Myrmicinae. Capítulo 27. Pp. 791-888 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. PDF
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
Pergande, T. 1896. Mexican Formicidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (2)5:858-896. 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
Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. 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. 1966a. The subgenus Cyphomannia Weber 1938 of Cyphomyrmex Mayr 1862, reinstated, and systematic notes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological News 77:166-168. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1907d. The fungus-growing ants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23:669-807. PDF

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