Mycocepurus reconditus

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

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Mycocepurus reconditus Borgmeier, 1937 junior synonym of current valid taxon Mycocepurus smithii (Forel, 1893)

Mycocepurus reconditus Borgmeier, 1937b: 246, figs. 34-36 (w.q.) BRAZIL (Bahia). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 8 syntype workers, 3 syntype queens. Primary type locality: Brazil: S Bahia, Agua Preta, v.1936, no. 1865 (G. Bondar). Primary type depository: unknown, perhaps UFRRJ. Type notes: Previously cited as being in MZSP by Klingenberg & Brandão, 2005: 46, but not found by Ulysséa et al., 2025: 12. Possibly in UFRRJ.

Status as species: Borgmeier, 1948a: 204; Borgmeier, 1948b: 470; Kempf, 1961b: 517.
Junior synonym of Mycocepurus smithii: Kempf, 1963b: 425; Kempf, 1972b: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Mackay et al., 2004: 5.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1937b. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas da América do Sul e Central, principalmente do Brasil (Hym. Formicidae). Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal (Rio de Janeiro) 3:217-255. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1948a. Die Geschlechtstiere zweier Eciton-Arten und einige andere Ameisen aus Mittel- und Suedamerika (Hym. Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 19:191-206. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1948b. Einige Ameisen aus Argentinien (Hym. Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 19:459-471. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1961b. A survey of the ants of the soil fauna in Surinam (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 4:481-524. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1963b. A review of the ant genus Mycocepurus Forel, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 6:417-432. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Klingenberg, C.; Brandão, C. R. F. 2005. The type specimens of fungus growing ants, Attini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 45:41-50. PDF
Mackay, W. P.; Maes, J.-M.; Rojas Fernández, P.; Luna, G. 2004. The ants of North and Central America: the genus Mycocepurus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Science 4 (27):7 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

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