Procryptocerus hylaeus

Procryptocerus hylaeus Kempf, 1951 valid

Procryptocerus goeldii subsp. hylaeus Kempf, 1951: 50 (w.) COLOMBIA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of Longino & Snelling, 2002: 15). Primary type locality: neotype Brazil: Amazonas, Ilha de Curari, Várzea, 22.i.1976, ex ground photoeclector (J. Adis). Primary type depository: LACM. Type notes: Original holotype data: Colombia: foot of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Naranjo (A. Forel). Longino & Snelling, 2002: 16, say that the original holotype is lost, not in MHNG or MZSP.

Neotype designation: Longino & Snelling, 2002: 15.
Longino & Snelling, 2002: 16 (q.)
Status as species: Kempf, 1964b: 247 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 212; Bolton, 1995b: 367; Longino & Snelling, 2002: 15 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 36; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 121; Serna et al., 2019: 1065.

Obsolete combinations

Procryptocerus goeldii hylaeus

Citations

Bezděčková, K.; Bezděčka, P.; Machar, I. 2015. A checklist of the ants of Peru. Zootaxa 4020:101-133. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Kempf, W. W. 1951. A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 22:1-244. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1964b. Additions to the knowledge of the Cephalotini ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 16:243-255. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Longino, J. T.; Snelling, R. R. 2002. A taxonomic revision of the Procryptocerus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Central America. Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 495:1-30. PDF
Serna, F. J.; Mackay, W. P.; Vergara-Navarro, E. V. 2019. Género Procryptocerus. Capítulo 31. Pp. 1055-1067 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF

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