Pyramica kiranae Makhan, 2007: 4

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

4. Pyramica kiranae Makhan, 2007: 4 ,

figs 7, 8.

Holotype and paratype workers, SURINAME: Kasikasima, 27.iii.1996 (D. Makhan) [not in USPS]. New junior synonym of Pyramica subedentata ( Mayr, 1887) .

Comment. There is a slight possibility that kiranae may be a junior synonym of trieces ( Brown, 1960) , rather than subedentata . The last two are very closely related and the characters that differentiate them (alitrunk pilosity and sculpture of the first gastral sternite) are not discernible in the photographs and are not mentioned in the descriptions. However, trieces is known only from Central America, whereas subedentata , apart from being a more common species, is also widespread in northern South America, with records from Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Brazil and Peru.

References: Brown (1960, 1962); Lattke & Goitia (1997); Bolton (2000); Fernandez & Sendoya (2004); LaPolla et al. (2007); Sosa-Calvo (2007).