Nomamyrmex apicifer

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Nomamyrmex apicifer (Santschi, 1916) junior synonym of current valid taxon Nomamyrmex hartigii (Westwood, 1842)

Eciton (Labidus) apicifer Santschi, 1916e: 366, fig. (m.) PARAGUAY. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: Paraguay: Santa Trinidad (Zürcher). Primary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: 1) Santschi, 1916e gives a range for the size, so the type material may consist of syntypes. 2) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 69, provides the holotype collection date as 5.xii.1914. 3) Bolton gives depository as NHMB. Mônica Antunes Ulysséa adds MZSP.

Junior synonym of Nomamyrmex hartigii: Borgmeier, 1953: 14; Borgmeier, 1955: 155; Kempf, 1972b: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 292.

Obsolete combinations

Eciton apicifer

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Studia Entomologica 2:1-51. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3:1-720. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Santschi, F. 1916e. Formicides sudaméricains nouveaux ou peu connus. Physis (Buenos Aires) 2:365-399. PDF

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