Novomessor ensifer
(Forel, 1899)
valid
Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) ensifera
Forel, 1899e:
59 (w.)
MEXICO (Michoacan).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-locality: Mexico: Michoacan (no collector’s name). Type-depository: MHNG, possibly also MSNG.
- Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 466 (q.)
- Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Emery, 1915k: 71.
- Combination in Novomessor: Demarco & Cognato, 2015: 8.
- Status as species: Emery, 1915k: 71; Emery, 1921c: 65; Kempf, 1972b: 23; Brown, 1974b: 46; Brandão, 1991: 326; Bolton, 1995b: 69; Demarco & Cognato, 2015: 8; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 465 (redescription).
- Senior synonym of Novomessor manni: Brown, 1974b: 46; Brandão, 1991: 326; Bolton, 1995b: 69; Demarco & Cognato, 2015: 8; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 465.
Junior synonyms
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Novomessor manni
Wheeler & Creighton, 1934
Obsolete combination(s): Aphaenogaster manni
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
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1974b. Novomessor manni a synonym of Aphaenogaster ensifera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological News 85:45-47. PDF
- Demarco, B. B.; Cognato, A. I. 2015. Phylogenetic analysis of Aphaenogaster supports the resurrection of Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 108 (2):201-210. 10.1093/aesa/sau013 PDF
- Emery, C. 1915k. Definizione del genere Aphaenogaster e partizione di esso in sottogeneri. Parapheidole e Novomessor nn. gg. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna. Classe di Scienze Fisiche (n.s.)19:67-75. PDF
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
- Forel, A. 1899e. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:57-80. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2017. The New World gypsy ants of the genera Aphaenogaster and Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mauritius: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 605 pp.