Acanthostichus quadratus

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Acanthostichus quadratus Emery, 1895 valid

Acanthostichus quadratus Emery, 1895l: 750, fig. OO.A; pl. 16, figs. 5, 6; pl. 17, fig. 12 (w.q.) BOLIVIA, BRAZIL. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of MacKay, 1996: 162). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Amazonas (no collector’s name) (from Staudinger & Bang-Haas). Primary type depository: MSNG (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated), 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MSNG, SIZK. Type notes: 1) Radchenko et al., 2023: 12, cite 1 worker paralectotype in SIZK. 2) Other original syntype series: Bolivia: Misiones de Mosetenes, Rio Beni (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972b: 10; no lectotype designated).

Lectotype designation: MacKay, 1996: 162.
Combination in Acanthostichus (Acanthostichus): Emery, 1911e: 13.
Subspecies of Acanthostichus serratulus: Forel, 1906d: 249.
Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 13; Borgmeier, 1923: 51; Wheeler, 1934g: 163 (in key); Kusnezov, 1962a: 132; Kempf, 1972b: 10; Brown, 1975: 42; Bolton, 1995b: 54; MacKay, 1996: 161 (redescription); Bezděčková et al., 2015: 109.
Senior synonym of Acanthostichus niger: MacKay, 1996: 162

Junior synonyms

Acanthostichus niger Santschi, 1933
Obsolete combination(s): Acanthostichus serratulus niger

Citations

Bezděčková, K.; Bezděčka, P.; Machar, I. 2015. A checklist of the ants of Peru. Zootaxa 4020:101-133. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
Emery, C. 1895l. Die Gattung Dorylus Fab. und die systematische Eintheilung der Formiciden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8:685-778. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Forel, A. 1906d. Fourmis néotropiques nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 50:225-249. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Kusnezov, N. 1962a. El género Acanthostichus Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 18:121-138. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1996. A revision of the ant genus Acanthostichus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 27:129-179. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Esteves, F. A.; Martynova, E. V.; Bazhenova, T. N.; Lasarenko, S. N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa 5244 (1):1-32. 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1 PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77:157-240. PDF

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