Neoponera mesonotalis

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Neoponera mesonotalis Santschi, 1923 junior synonym of current valid taxon Neoponera moesta (Mayr, 1870)

Neoponera mesorotalis [sic] Santschi, 1923c: 246 (w.m.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 469). Primary type locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina, Blumenau (L. Witte). Primary type depository: NHMB. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: paralectotypes with same data. Secondary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: 1) Original type-series consisted of 20 worker, 2 male syntypes. 2) Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 133, cites 15 worker, 2 male syntypes in NHMB.

Lectotype designation: MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 469.
[Justified emendation of spelling to Neoponera mesonotalis: Kempf, 1972b: 162.]
Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 307.
Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 162; Bolton, 1995b: 307; Mariano et al., 2006: 278.
Junior synonym of Neoponera moesta: MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 469.

Obsolete combinations

Pachycondyla mesonotalis

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.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla and Neoponera attributed to Brown.]. Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; MacKay, E. 2010. The systematics and biology of the New World ants of the genus Pachycondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, xii + 642 pp. PDF
Mariano, C. S. F.; Pompolo, S. G.; Borges, D. S.; Delabie, J. H. C. 2006. Are the Neotropical ants Pachycondyla crenata (Roger, 1861) and Pachycondyla mesonotalis (Santschi, 1923) good species? A cytogenetic approach. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:277-280.
Santschi, F. 1923c. Solenopsis et autres fourmis néotropicales. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 30:245-273. PDF

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