Atta sexdens tristis

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Atta sexdens tristis Santschi, 1919 junior synonym of current valid taxon Atta vollenweideri Forel, 1893

Atta vollenweideri var. tristis Santschi, 1919f: 50 (w.) ARGENTINA (Santa Fe, Chaco, Formosa). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Argentina: Santa Fe (E. von Steiger), Argentina: Chaco, Formosa (P. Joergensen). Primary type depositories: MZSP, NHMB. Primary type specimen: MZSP0084464. Type notes: Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 3 syntype workers in MZSP.

Subspecies of Atta vollenweideri: Santschi, 1922c: 363; Borgmeier, 1939: 424.
Subspecies of Atta sexdens: Borgmeier, 1950d: 253.
Junior synonym of Atta vollenweideri: Borgmeier, 1959b: 374; Kempf, 1972b: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 77.

Obsolete combinations

Atta vollenweideri tristis

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1939. Nova contribuição para o conhecimento das formigas neotropicas (Hym. Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 10:403-428. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1950d. Estudos sôbre Atta (Hym. Formicidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro 48:239-263. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1959b. Revision der Gattung Atta Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)2:321-390. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Santschi, F. 1919f. Nouveaux formicides de la République Argentine. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 87:37-57. PDF
Santschi, F. 1922c. Myrmicines, dolichodérines et autres formicides néotropiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 54:345-378. 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

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