Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926: 6

Ulysséa, Mônica Antunes & Brandão, Carlos R. F., 2013, Catalogue Of Dacetini And Solenopsidini Ant Type Specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) Deposited In The Museu De Zoologia Da Universidade De São Paulo, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 53 (14), pp. 187-209 : 196-199

Genus Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926: 6

Rastratus group

Martiadaguerrei Santschi, 1933:111.Type[Lectotype]: 1W [ Argentina], Provincia Buenos Aires, Rosas F.C. Sud, [35°57’S, 58°56’W, no date], Juan B. Daguerre [leg.], #1904-666. Missing A2. Combination in Oxyepoecus by Ettershank, 1966: 146 and designation of lectotype by Kempf, 1974a: 486.

Monomorium rastratum var. luederwaldti Forel, 1913: 219 . Syntypes: 12W 1G [ Brazil], SP[São Paulo], Salto Grande[Paranapanema River ( Lüderwaldt, 1918)], ii.1911, H. Lüderwaldt [leg.], MP [ MZSP] #15997. One worker missing A2 funiculus; one worker missing L3 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; dealate gyne. Combination in Oxyepoecus by Ettershank, 1966: 146; junior synonym of O. rastratus ( Mayr, 1887: 615) by Kempf, 1974a: 498. Comment: The MZSP has a specimen labeled with the number #15997, but without information on its type status. As the original description does not mention the precise number of types, we do not consider this last specimen a type.

Oxyepoecus myops Albuquerque & Brandão, 2009: 295 . Holotype: 1W Brazil, SP[São Paulo], Salesópolis, EBB[Estação Biológica de Boracéia, 23°39’S, 45°53’W, leaf litter], 5-7.ix.1997 [original description says “vii”], C.I. Yamamoto col., winkler. Paratypes: 5W 1G Brazil, SP[São Paulo], Salesópolis, EB[Estação Biológica de] Boracéia, 23°31’56”S 45°50’47”[W], 3-5.v.1996, [C. R.F.] Brandão, [D.] Agosti, [J.L.M.] Diniz, [ R.] Silvestri, & [C.I.] Yamamoto [leg.], winkler. One worker with disarticulated head glued on a paper triangle and missing A2; dealate gyne. 16W Brazil, SP[São Paulo], Salesópolis, EB [Estação Biológica de] Boracéia , 2-6.v.1997, [D.] Agosti, [C. R.F.] Brandão & [C.I.] Yamamoto col., winkler . One worker missing L1 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; one worker missing A2, A1 last segment of the funiculus; one worker missing postpetiole and gaster; one worker missing L3 tibia and tarsus; one worker missing head; one worker missing L1 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus, L2/L3 tibia and tarsus; one worker just with L5/L6, petiole, postpetiole and gaster; one worker missing A1 funiculus, L1 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus. 2W Brazil, SP[São Paulo], Salesópolis , EBB[Estação Biológica de Boracéia, 23°39’S, 45°53’W, leaf litter], 5-7. ix.1997 [original description says “vii”], C.I. Yamamoto col., winkler . One worker missing L5 tarsus. 11W 2G Brazil, SP[São Paulo], Salesópolis , EBB[Estação Biológica de Boracéia], 12-17. vi.1997, B.H. Dietz & C.I. Yamamoto col., winkler . One worker missing A1; two workers missing A1 funiculus; one worker just with L5/ L6; dealate gynes.

Oxyepoecus plaumanni Kempf, 1974a: 492 . Holotype: 1W [ Brazil], RS[Rio Grande do Sul], Erechim, vii.1960, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #8097. Paratypes: 12W [ Brazil], RS[Rio Grande do Sul], Erechim, vii.1960, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #8097. One worker lost; one worker just with A2/L 4. 2W [ Brazil], RS[Rio Grande do Sul], Erechim, vii.1960, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #9930. One worker lost; one worker missing A2/L1/L2/L3, L6 tarsus, disarticulated head glued on a paper triangle and coated with gold for SEM examination. 1W [ Brazil], RS[Rio Grande do Sul], Tainhas, iv.1959, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #3247. Worker lost. 1W [ Brazil], RS[Rio Grande do Sul], B[arão de] Cotejipe, vii.1960, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #3765. 1W [ Brazil], RS[Rio Grande do Sul], Boqueirão, 600 m, ix.1960, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #3611. Missing L3 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus. 1W [ Brazil], PR [Paraná], Porto Vitória, 26°10’[S] 51°12’[W], 700 m, x.1959, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #3209. 1W [ Brazil], PR [Paraná], Rio Azul, 1000 m, x.1959, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #3189. 2W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Chapecó, vi.1960, F. Plaumann [leg.]. 1W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Chapecó, viii.1960, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #8331. 2W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Chapecó, viii.1960, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #9883. One worker lost. 1W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Chapecó, vii.1960, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #9911. 2W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Ibicaré, ix.1960, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #8781. 1G [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Passo Bormann, xii.1957, [F.] Plaumann [leg.]. Dealate gyne. 2W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Nova Teutônia, vi.1960, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #8091. One worker lost. 1G [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Nova Teutônia, xii.1972, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #8557. Missing gaster. 1G [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Nova Teutônia, xii.1972, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #8383. Dealate gyne. Comment: In the original description, Kempf (1974a) did not consider as paratypes three workers from [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Linha Facão, v.1957, F. Plaumann [leg.], however these specimens, all in the same pin, are deposited in the MZSP and labeled as paratypes, but we do not consider them as types. We were not able to locate coordinates for Linha Facão, SC.

Oxyepoecus regularis Ulysséa & Brandão, 2012: 169 . Holotype: 1W Brasil, Bahia, Milagres, Caatinga arbórea, serapilheira, winkler, área 1, S 12°54.542’ W 39°51.279’, 23.x.2010, M.A. Ulysséa, A.M. Medina & E.M. Campos leg. Paratypes: 19W Brasil, Bahia, Milagres, Caatinga arbórea, serapilheira, winkler, área 3, S12˚54.411’ W39˚50.863’, 17.i.2011, M.A. Ulysséa, A.M. Medina & E.M. Campos leg. One worker missing L6 tibia and tarsus; one worker missing L6 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus. 7W Brasil, Bahia, Milagres, Caatinga arbórea, serapilheira, winkler, área 3, S12˚54.411’ W39˚50.863’, 9.xi.2010, M.A. Ulysséa, A.M. Medina & E.M. Campos leg. One worker missing L4 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; one worker missing L1 tibia and tarsus; one worker missing A2, L1 tibia and tarsus. 12W Brasil, Bahia, Milagres, Caatinga arbórea, serapilheira, winkler, área 1, 12°54.542’S 39°51.279’W, 10.i.2011, M.A. Ulysséa, A.M. Medina & E.M. Campos leg. One worker missing A1, L1 tibia and tarsus; one worker missing L1 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; one worker missing A1, L4 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; one worker with disarticulated head glued on a paper triangle. 5W 1G Brasil, Bahia, Milagres, Caatinga arbórea, serapilheira, winkler, área 2, S 12°54.294’ W 39°52.083’, 10.i.2011, M.A. Ulysséa, A.M. Medina & E.M. Campos leg. One worker missing A 1. 1W Brasil, Bahia, Boa Vista do Tupim , Mata Seca, S 12°39’36’’ W 40°36’32’’, 25.i.2011, L. S.S. R. Macêdo, J.J. Resende, C.B.S. Galheigo & E. da C. Menezes leg.

Oxyepoecus reticulatus Kempf, 1974a: 502. Holotype: 1W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], N[ova] Teutônia, viii.1952, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #5954. Missing head, L1/L3. Paratypes: 11W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], N[ova] Teutônia, viii.1952, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #5954. One worker coated with gold for SEM examination missing A2, L1/L3; one worker missing petiole, postpetiole and gaster. 1W [ Brazil], PR [Paraná], Buaragi [Guaragi], v.1964, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #4008. 1W [ Brazil], PR [Paraná], Guaragi, 25°16’[S] 50°14’[W], 1000 m, v.1964, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #4580. 1G [ Brazil], PR [Paraná], Mariópolis, [no date], F. Plaumann [leg.]. Dealate gyne with disarticulated postpetiole and gaster glued on a paper triangle. 1W [ Brazil], PR [Paraná], Rio Azul, 1000 m, x.1959, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #3188. 2W [ Brazil], PR [Paraná], Rolândia, 6.iv.1955, [W.] W. Kempf [leg., Coll. Kempf] #1414. 6W [ Brazil], S[anta] Cat [arina], Chapecó, v.1957, F. Plaumann [leg.]. 4W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Chapecó, vi.1960, F. Plaumann [leg.]. One worker coated with gold for SEM examination missing postpetiole and gaster. 3W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Chapecó, vii.1960, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #9910. 1W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Concórdia, vii.1958, [F.] Plaumann [leg.]. Missing head. 6W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Linha Facão, v.1957, F. Plaumann [leg.]. 6W Brasilien[ Brazil, Santa Catarina], Nova Teutônia, 27°11B 52°23L, viii.1952, Fritz Plaumann [leg.]. 1W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], Passo Bormann, xii.1957, F. Plaumann [leg.]. One worker missing A 1. 8W [ Brazil], S[ão] P[aulo], Agudos, 25.iii.1955, [W.] W. Kempf [leg., Coll. Kempf] #1405. 2W [ Brazil], S[ão] P[aulo], Agudos, 4.i.1956, [W.] W. Kempf [leg., Coll. Kempf] #1552. One worker lost. 2W [ Brazil], S[ão] P[aulo], Agudos, 8.i.1956, [W.] W. Kempf [leg., Coll. Kempf] #1560. 1W [ Brazil], SP[São Paulo], Agudos, xi.1959, C. Gilbert [leg., Coll. Kempf] #3218. Worker lost. 1W [ Brazil], SP[São Paulo], Campos de Jordão, 16.x.1956, [W.] W. Kempf [leg., Coll. Kempf] #1601. 6W [ Brazil, São Paulo], V. Estr. Santos [Old road São Paulo / Santos], Meio da Serra, 8.viii.1960, [W.W.] Kempf [leg.]. Comment: Original description reports that all specimens were sampled with berlese funnels .

Oxyepoecus rosai Albuquerque & Brandão, 2009: 304 . Holotype: 1W Brasil, SP[São Paulo], Salesópolis, EBB[Estação Biológica de Boracéia], 20-26.x.1997, C. Klingenberg & C.I. Yamamoto col., sardinha[attracted to sardine baits]. Paratypes: 16W 1G Brasil, SP[São Paulo], Salesópolis, EB[Estação Biológica de] Boracéia, 2-6.v.1997, D. Agosti, C. R.F. Brandão & C.I. Yamamoto col., winkler. One worker missing L1 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; one worker missing A1; two workers missing L2 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; two workers missing head; dealate gyne. 2W Brazil, SP[São Paulo], Salesópolis , EBB[Estação Biológica de Boracéia], 5-7.vii.1997, C.I. Yamamoto col., winkler . One worker missing head. 2W 1G Brasil, SP[São Paulo], Salesópolis, EBB[Estação Biológica de Boracéia], 5-7.ix.1997, C.I. Yamamoto col., winkler. Dealate gyne with disarticulated A1 glued on paper triangle and missing A1 last segment of the funiculus. 15W Brasil, SP[São Paulo], Salesópolis , EBB[Estação Biológica de Boracéia], 12-17.vi.1997, B.H. Dietz & C.I. Yamamoto col., winkler . One worker missing A1, L3 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; one worker missing A1/A2 funiculus; one worker missing L1 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; one worker missing A1 funiculus; one worker missing L2 trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; one worker missing L3 tarsus; one worker coat- ed with gold for SEM examination missing L2 femur, tibia and tarsus.

Vezenyii group

Martia inquilina Kusnezov, 1952a: 720 . Paratypes: 3W Argentina, Tucumán, Jardín de la Fundación Miguel Lillo, en nido de Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884: 35 , 6.i.1948, N. Kusnezov [leg.], # 111. 2W Argentina, Tucumán, Quebrada Cainzo, [near Tafí Viejo], en nido de Pheidole silvestrii Emery, 1906: 146 , 8.iv.1948, N. Kusnezov [leg.], #1590. Diagnosis in key ( Kusnezov, 1952a), combination in Oxyepoecus by Ettershank, 1966: 146 and senior synonymy of O. turgidus Kempf, 1969: 278 by Kempf, 1974a: 495.

Monomorium punctifrons Borgmeier, 1928: 39 . Lectotype: 1W [ Brazil], PR [Paraná], Rio Negro, iv.1925, [P.]M. Witte [leg.], Coll. Borgm. #424. Paratypes [Paralectotypes]: 15W [ Brazil], PR [Paraná], Rio Negro, iv.1925, [P.]M. Witte [leg.], Coll. Borgm. #424. One worker missing A2, L6 tibia and tarsus; one worker with disarticulated postpetiole and gaster. Combination in Oxyepoecus by Ettershank, 1966: 146 and designation of lectotype and paralectotype by Kempf, 1974a: 495.

Oxyepoecus Browni Albuquerque & Brandão, 2004: 60. Holotype: 1W Brasil, MG [Minas Gerais], Atalaia, [18°03’S 41°06’W], 27.i.[19]94, I[van] Cardoso [leg.], #4772. Specimen coated with gold for SEM examination.

Oxyepoecus bruchi Santschi, 1926: 6 . Lectotype: 1G, Paratypes [Paralectotypes]: 2G [ Argentina], Sierras de Córdoba[Provincia Córdoba], La Granja, Alta Gracia, [31°39’S 64°25’W, no date], C. Bruch leg, #1694. Dealate gynes; one gyne missing head, postpetiole and gaster (paralectotype). Comment: One worker of host species, Pheidole obtusopilosa Mayr, 1887: 586 , mounted in the same pin as the lectotype. Senior synonym of O. minuta ( Kusnezov, 1952a: 721) and lectotype designation by Kempf, 1974a: 478.

Oxyepoecus crassinodus Kempf, 1974a: 482. Holotype: 1W [ Brazil], PR [Paraná], Bocaiúva [do Sul, 25°12’S 49°07’W], xii.1963, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #8108. Missing L 3 tibia and tarsus. Paratypes: 3W [ Brazil], PR [Paraná], Bocaiúva [do Sul, 25°12’S 49°07’W], xii.1963, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #8108. 1W [ Brazil], SC[Santa Catarina], N[ova] Teutônia, [27°02’S 52°24’W], xii. 1958, F. Plaumann [leg., Coll. Kempf] #8308 .

Oxyepoecus ephippiatus Albuquerque & Brandão, 2004: 64. Paratypes: 1W 1G Brasil, AM [Amazonas], Manaus, 29.ix.[19]93, A.B. Casimiro [leg.], #2306. Comment: Worker incomplete (just mesosoma, petiole and L4 present) coated with gold for SEM examination .

Oxyepoecus kempfi Albuquerque & Brandão, 2004: 67. Holotype: 1W Brasil, PI [Piauí], 10 km N[orth] Corrente, Faz [enda] Maracujá, [10°26’S 45°09’W], folhiço, 23-27.xi.1991, C. R. F. Brandão [leg.]. Missing L 2 part of femur, tibia and tarsus, disarticulated postpetiole and gaster glued on a paper triangle. Paratype: 1W Brasil, PI [Piauí], 10 km N[orth] Corrente, Faz[enda] Maracujá, [10°26’S 45°09’W], folhiço, 23-27. xi.1991, C. R. F. Brandão [leg.]. Missing A 1, L1/ L2/L3/L4/L5 tibia and tarsus, L6, disarticulated postpetiole and gaster glued on a paper triangle .

Oxyepoecus longicephalus Albuquerque & Brandão, 2004: 69. Holotype: 1W Brasil, RS[Rio Grande do Sul, Itatí], CPCN [Centro de Pesquisa e Conservação da Natureza] Pró-Mata, 29°30’S 50°10’W, Mata Atlântica, 670-690 m, litter, 28.v.1997, J. Ketterl [leg.], winkler. Paratypes: 1W Brasil, RS[Rio Grande do Sul, Itatí], CPCN [Centro de Pesquisa e Conservação da Natureza] Pró-Mata, 29°30’S 50°10’W, Araucaria Forest, 900 m, litter, 15.iv.[19]97, J. Ketterl [leg.], winkler. Missing A 1/A2, L2 femur, tibia and tarsus, L3/L6 tibia and tarsus. 1W Brasil, SP[São Paulo], Cunha, P[arque] E[stadual] Serra do Mar, 23°15’03”S 45°00’26”W, 21-22. iv.2001, A.A. Tavares & R. R. Silva cols., winkler .

Oxyepoecus quadratus Albuquerque & Brandão, 2004: 73. Holotype: 1W Ecuador, Cuyabeno, [00°16’S 75°53’W], 12.x-5.xi.[19]94 [original description says “ 27.i.1994 ”], J.P. Caldwell [leg.], #10523. Missing A 1/A2 funiculus, L5/ L6 tarsus, coated with gold for SEM examination. Paratype: 1W Peru, Huánuco, Panguana Biol [ogical] Stat [ation], Rio Yuyapidis, 09°37’S 74°56’W, innundation forest, 220 m, 26.xi-24. xii.1983, M. Verhaagh [leg.], pitfall trap .

Oxyepoecus turgidus Kempf, 1969: 278 . Holotype: 1W [ Brazil], SP[São Paulo], Agudos, [Fazenda Santo Antônio], 23.ix.1954, [W.]W. Kempf [leg.]. Missing A1. Paratypes: 1W [ Brazil], SP[São Paulo], Agudos, [Fazenda Santo Antônio], 25.i.1953, [W.]W. Kempf [leg., Coll. Kempf #740]. 2W [ Brazil], GO[Goiás], Anápolis, [savanna near the Franciscan minor seminary], 18.iii.1964, [W.]W. Kempf [leg., Coll. Kempf #3852]. 1W [ Brazil], GO[Goiás], Anápolis, [savanna near the Franciscan minor seminary], 2.i.1966, [W.]W. Kempf [leg., Coll. Kempf #4300]. Missing L2 tibia and tarsus. Junior synonym of O. inquilinus ( Kusnezov, 1952a: 720) by Kempf, 1974a: 489.

Oxyepoecus vivax Kempf, 1974a: 508. Holotype: 1M [ Brazil], MG [Minas Gerais], Pedra Azul, [15°59’S 41°07’W], 800 m, xi.1972, C.A.C. Seabra & M. Alvarenga [leg., Coll. Kempf] #8836. Missing A 2/A3.