Labidus tepeguas

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Labidus tepeguas (Norton, 1868) junior synonym of current valid taxon Labidus praedator (Smith, 1858)

Eciton tepeguas Norton, 1868b: 46 (s.) MEXICO (Veracruz). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Mexico: (no further data) (Sumichrast). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist). Type notes: 1) Material was originally sent “to the Smithsonian Institution (= USNM) from Mexico by Prof. Sumichrast”. 2) Borgmeier, 1955: 113 nominated Mexico: Veracruz as type locality.

Junior synonym of Labidus praedator: Mayr, 1886b: 118; Dalla Torre, 1893: 5; Forel, 1899b: 26; Emery, 1910b: 23; Gallardo, 1920: 333; Borgmeier, 1923: 43; Borgmeier, 1955: 103; Kempf, 1972b: 127; Bolton, 1995b: 220.

Obsolete combinations

Eciton tepeguas

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3:1-720. PDF
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102:1-34. PDF
Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. PDF
Gallardo, A. 1920. Las hormigas de la República Argentina. Subfamilia Dorilinas. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 30:281-410. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Mayr, G. 1886b. Ueber Eciton-Labidus. (Schluss). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 5:115-122. PDF
Norton, E. 1868b. Remarks by Edward Norton. [Followed by: "The species of Eciton forwarded by Prof. Sumichrast may be temporarily classified as follows."]. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2:44-46. PDF

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 obsolete combination)

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