Protonym: Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) pickeli
Authorship Borgmeier, 1927a: 287, figs. 1, 2
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Paraíba)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Brazil: Parahyba, Bananeiros, ix.1927 (B. Pickel). Primary type depository: MZSP. Primary type specimens: MZSP0083508, MZSP0083509, MZSP0083510 (q.), MZSP0083511.
Type notes 1) LaPolla, 2004a: 50, cites 2 queen syntypes in MCZC, but the original description says that only a single queen (“uma femea”) was present. 2) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 3 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen in MZSP.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Acropyga pickeli Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
Original combination