Pyramica rishwani Makhan, 2007: 5

Bolton, B., Sosa-Calvo, J., Fernà ¡ ndez, F. & Lattke, J. E., 2008, New synonyms in neotropical Myrmicine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1732, pp. 61-64 : 62

5. Pyramica rishwani Makhan, 2007: 5 ,

figs 9, 10.

Holotype and paratype workers, SURINAME: Kasikasima, 27.iii. 1996 (D. Makhan) [not in USPS]. New junior synonym of Strumigenys elongata Roger, 1863 .

Comment. Makhan records the holotype as a worker and his figs 9 and 10 are both labelled as being of the worker holotype. But his fig. 9 is a queen (gyne) and his fig. 10 is the head of a different specimen, apparently a genuine worker. It is obvious that two different specimens are involved as the orientations of their mandibles and antennae are different in the two photographs. Therefore the synopsis should read "syntype workers and queen." Regardless of that, both specimens are not Pyramica but are Strumigenys elongata , one of the commonest and most widely distributed of Neotropical Strumigenys . It is already known from Suriname (near Maripaheuvel and Lely and Nassau Plateaus).

References: Brown (1954, 1962); Kempf (1961); Lattke & Goitia (1997); Bolton (2000); LaPolla et al. (2007); Sosa-Calvo (2007).