Pseudomyrmex ligniseca
(Smith, 1858)
junior synonym of current valid taxon Pseudomyrmex tenuis (Fabricius, 1804)
Pseudomyrma ligniseca
Smith, 1858a:
158 (q.)
BRAZIL (Amazonas).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Brazil: Ega (= Tefé) (H.W. Bates). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes:
Perrault, 1988a: 384, cited the holotype as a headless worker, but Smith originally wrote “Female” (as opposed to worker).
- Status as species: Smith, 1877b: 60.
- Junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex tenuis: Roger, 1862c: 289; Roger, 1863b: 25; Mayr, 1863a: 452; Dalla Torre, 1893: 59; Forel, 1895b: 124; Borgmeier, 1927c: 76; Kempf, 1960a: 27; Kempf, 1972b: 224; Perrault, 1988a: 384; Bolton, 1995b: 374.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- 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
- Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
- Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139. 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
- Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
- Perrault, G. H. 1988a ("1987"). Notes sur des types de Pseudomyrmex décrits par F. Smith. I. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (n.s.)4:381-385. PDF
- Roger, J. 1862c. Synonymische Bemerkungen. 1. Ueber Formiciden. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 6:283-297. 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