Pseudomyrmex denticollis infusca

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Pseudomyrmex denticollis infusca (Forel, 1908) junior synonym of current valid taxon Pseudomyrmex termitarius (Smith, 1855)

Pseudomyrma denticollis var. infusca Forel, 1908: 382 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Ypiranga, 16.ii.06 (J.L. Lima). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MZSP, NHMB. Primary type specimens: CASENT0907483 MP 2355, MZSP0089865, MZSP0089866. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 90, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S2, supply the corrected collection details from the handwritten catalogues at MZSP: MP 2355, Pseudomyrma denticollis Em. var. infusca n. var. (Formicid.), 16.ii.06, J.L. Lima, Ypiranga, tirado da terra junto [illegible] termites Forel det. Public! 3) Original collection information: Brazil: São Paulo (H. von Ihering).

[Misspelled as infuscata by Enzmann, 1944: 67.]
Subspecies of Pseudomyrmex denticollis: Luederwaldt, 1918: 45; Emery, 1921c: 30; Borgmeier, 1927c: 71; Gallardo, 1932a: 58 (redescription); Enzmann, 1944: 67.
Subspecies of Pseudomyrmex elegans: Santschi, 1933f: 107.
Junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex termitarius: Kempf, 1960a: 8; Kempf, 1972b: 224; Bolton, 1995b: 373.

Obsolete combinations

Pseudomyrma denticollis infusca

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. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. 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. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58:340-418. PDF
Gallardo, A. 1932a. Las hormigas de la República Argentina. Subfamilia Mirmicinas, sección Promyrmicinae. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 37:37-87. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1960a. Estudo sôbre Pseudomyrmex I. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 9:5-32. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Luederwaldt, H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Revista do Museu Paulista 10:29-64. PDF
Santschi, F. 1933f. Fourmis de la République Argentine en particulier du territoire de Misiones. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 116:105-124. 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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