Pseudomyrmex ejectus
(Smith, 1858)
valid
Pseudomyrma ejecta
Smith, 1858a:
157 (w.)
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Ward, 1985b: 231). Primary type locality: unknown, lectotype "Hab. -- ?; the habitat is probably Brazil". Primary type depository: BMNH.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes:
Type locality is discussed by Ward, 1985b: 232, who says “It seems likely that the types of Pseudomyrmex ejectus came from the United States or Central America rather than Brazil”.
- Lectotype designation: Ward, 1985b: 231.
- Emery, 1894d: 147 (q.)
- Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972b: 217
- Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 25; Mayr, 1863a: 452; Smith, 1877b: 59; Dalla Torre, 1893: 56; Emery, 1894d: 147; Forel, 1895b: 122; Forel, 1907h: 7; Emery, 1921c: 32; Wheeler, 1925a: 11; Enzmann, 1944: 69; Kempf, 1972b: 217; Ward, 1985b: 231 (redescription); Ward, 1989a: 436; Deyrup et al., 1989: 94; Brandão, 1991: 375; Ward, 1992: 80 (in table); Bolton, 1995b: 372; Deyrup, 2003: 46; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 66; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 264; Deyrup, 2017: 40.
- Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex lincecumii: Ward, 1989a: 436; Bolton, 1995b: 372.
Junior synonyms
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Pseudomyrmex lincecumii
(Buckley, 1866)
Obsolete combination(s): Ponera lincecumii
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
- Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. PDF
- Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
- Deyrup, M. 2003. An updated list of Florida ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Florida Entomologist 86:43-48. PDF
- Deyrup, M. 2017. Ants of Florida. Identification and natural history. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis group), 423 pp.
- Deyrup, M.; Johnson, C.; Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1989. A preliminary list of the ants of Florida. Florida Entomologist 72:91-101. PDF
- Emery, C. 1894d. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. VI-XVI. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 26:137-241. PDF
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
- Enzmann, E. V. 1944. Systematic notes on the genus Pseudomyrma. Psyche (Cambridge) 51:59-103. PDF
- Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139. PDF
- Forel, A. 1907h. Formiciden aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg. II. Teil. Neueingänge seit 1900. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 24:1-20. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- MacGown, J. A.; Forster, J. A. 2005. A preliminary list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Alabama, U. S. A. Entomological News 116:61-74. PDF
- Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
- Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF
- Smith, F. 1877b. Descriptions of new species of the genera Pseudomyrma and Tetraponera, belonging to the family Myrmicidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1877:57-72. PDF
- Ward, P. S. 1985b. The Nearctic species of the genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 21:209-246. PDF
- Ward, P. S. 1989a. Systematic studies on pseudomyrmecine ants: revision of the Pseudomyrmex oculatus and P. subtilissimus species groups, with taxonomic comments on other species. Quaestiones Entomologicae 25:393-468. PDF
- Ward, P. S. 1992. Ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican amber, with a synopsis of the extant Antillean species. Psyche (Cambridge) 99:55-85. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1925a. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(8):1-55. PDF