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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Ectatomminae
›
Ectatommini
›
Gnamptogenys
›
Gnamptogenys mordax
Gnamptogenys
mordax
(Smith, 1858)
valid
Ponera mordax
Smith, 1858a
: 98 (w.q.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro). Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: 3 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen. Type-locality: Brazil: Rio (= Rio de Janeiro), “57/63” (
H. Clark
). Type-depository:
BMNH
.
Borgmeier, 1937b
: 220 (m.);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952a
: 134 (l.).
Combination in
Ectatomma (Gnamptogenys)
:
Emery, 1894d
: 145.
Combination in
Gnamptogenys
:
Mann, 1922
: 3;
Brown, 1958g
: 228, 319;
Camacho
et al.
, 2022
: 11.
Status as species:
Mayr, 1863a
: 449;
Mayr, 1886c
: 358;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 40;
Emery, 1894d
: 145;
Forel, 1895b
: 116, 140;
Emery, 1896g
: 49;
Forel, 1899b
: 9;
Emery, 1906c
: 113;
Forel, 1908
: 340;
Emery, 1911e
: 45;
Bruch, 1914
: 213;
Wheeler, 1916c
: 2;
Gallardo, 1918c
: 43;
Luederwaldt, 1918
: 34;
Mann, 1922
: 3;
Borgmeier, 1923
: 60;
Eidmann, 1936a
: 33;
Borgmeier, 1937b
: 219;
Brown, 1958g
: 228, 319;
Kempf, 1972b
: 113;
Kempf & Lenko, 1976
: 51;
Lattke, 1990b
: 16;
Bolton, 1995b
: 209;
Lattke, 1995
: 176;
Lattke
et al.
, 2004
: 347;
Lattke
et al.
, 2007
: 260 (in key);
Lattke
et al.
, 2008
: 94;
Feitosa, 2015c
: 98;
Guénard & Economo, 2015
: 226;
Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019
: 672;
Camacho
et al.
, 2020
: 458 (in key);
Marcineiro & Lattke, 2020
: 4 (in key);
Camacho
et al.
, 2022
: 11.
Senior synonym of
Gnamptogenys nodosa
(
nomen oblitum
):
Brown, 1958g
: 228, 320;
Kempf, 1972b
: 113;
Bolton, 1995b
: 209;
Lattke, 1995
: 176.
Senior synonym of
Gnamptogenys mordax purensis
:
Brown, 1958g
: 228, 320;
Kempf, 1972b
: 113;
Bolton, 1995b
: 209;
Lattke, 1995
: 176.
Senior synonym of
Gnamptogenys mordax sebastiani
:
Brown, 1958g
: 228, 320;
Kempf, 1972b
: 113;
Bolton, 1995b
: 209;
Lattke, 1995
: 176.
Junior synonyms
Gnamptogenys mordax purensis
(Forel, 1912)
Obsolete combination(s):
Ectatomma mordax purensis
Gnamptogenys mordax sebastiani
(Borgmeier, 1937)
Obsolete combination(s):
Ectatomma mordax sebastiani
Gnamptogenys nodosa
(Latreille, 1802)
Obsolete combination(s):
Formica nodosa
Obsolete combinations
Ectatomma mordax
Ponera mordax
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