Simopelta oculata

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Simopelta oculata Gotwald & Brown, 1967 valid

Simopelta oculata Gotwald & Brown, 1967: 267, figs. 1-14 (w.q.l.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Limon Prov., nr Guapiles, nr bridge over Rio Toro Amarillo (N. Scott & W.L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 42 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: CASC, MCZC, MZSP, NHMB. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 135, cites 2 worker paratypes in NHMB.

Combination in Belonopelta: Baroni Urbani, 1975b: 300 (in key).
Combination in Simopelta: Bolton, 1995b: 383.
Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 230; Baroni Urbani, 1975b: 300 (in key); Brandão, 1991: 331; Bolton, 1995b: 383; Mackay & Mackay, 2008b: 314 (redescription).

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
Baroni Urbani, C. 1975b. Contributo alla conoscenza dei generi Belonopelta Mayr e Leiopelta gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 48:295-310. PDF
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
Gotwald, W. H., Jr.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1967 ("1966"). The ant genus Simopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 73:261-277. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Mackay, W. P.; Mackay, E. 2008b. Revision of the ants of the genus Simopelta Mann. Pp. 285-328 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp. PDF

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