Mycetomoellerius oetkeri

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Mycetomoellerius oetkeri (Forel, 1908) valid

Atta (Trachymyrmex) oetkeri Forel, 1908: 352 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Ypiranga, 8.x.1906 (H. Lüderwaldt). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MZSP. Primary type specimens: CASENT0909395 MP 5593, MZSP0088847 to MZSP0088852, MZSP0089168. Type notes: 1) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S2, supply the corrected collection details from the handwritten catalogues at MZSP: MP 5593, 8.x.1906, Atta (Trachymyrmex) oetkeri n. sp. (Formicidae), H. Lüderwaldt, Ypiranga, Forel det., no mato governo. 2) Original collection information: Brazil: São Paulo (H. von Ihering).

Combination in Cyphomyrmex (Trachymyrmex): Emery, 1924f: 345.
Combination in Trachymyrmex: Gallardo, 1916c: 242; Kempf, 1972b: 253.
Combination in Mycetomoellerius: Solomon et al., 2019: 948.
Status as species: Wheeler, 1911i: 249 (in key); Luederwaldt, 1918: 39; Emery, 1924f: 345; Borgmeier, 1927c: 129; Kempf, 1972b: 253; Bolton, 1995b: 421.

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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
Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. 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. 1916c. Notas acerca de la hormiga Trachymyrmex pruinosus Emery. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 28:241-252. 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
Solomon, S. E.; Rabeling, C.; Sosa-Calvo, J.; Lopes, C. T.; Rodrigues, A.; Vasconcelos, H. L.; Bacci, M., Jr.; Mueller, U. G.; Schultz, T. R. 2019. The molecular phylogenetics of Trachymyrmex Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher-attine’ ant agriculture. Systematic Entomology 44:939-956. 10.1111/syen.12370 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
Wheeler, W. M. 1911i. Descriptions of some new fungus-growing ants from Texas, with Mr. C. G. Hartman's observations on their habits. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 19:245-255. PDF

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