Mycocepurus smithii tolteca
(Wheeler, 1907)
junior synonym of current valid taxon Mycocepurus smithii (Forel, 1893)
Atta (Mycocepurus) smithi var. tolteca
Wheeler, 1907d:
718 (w.)
MEXICO (Jalisco).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Mexico: Jalisco, Tuxpan (J.F. McClendon). Primary type depository: MCZC (perhaps also 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.
- Subspecies of Mycocepurus smithii: Mann, 1922: 48; Emery, 1924f: 335.
- Junior synonym of Mycocepurus smithii: Kempf, 1963b: 425; Kempf, 1972b: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Mackay et al., 2004: 5.
Obsolete combinations
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
- 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
- Mann, W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54. 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
- 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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valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
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