A revision of the Neotropical fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex Mayr. Part II. Group of rimosus (Spinola) (Hym. Formicidae).
Author
Kempf, W. W.
text
Studia Entomologica (N. S.)
1966
8
161
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http://antbase.org/ants/publications/4580/4580.pdf
journal article
4580
13.
Cyphomyrmex championi Forel
Cyphomyrmex championi
Forel
, 1899: 41, pl. 3, fig. 3 (Male; Panama: Volcano de Chiriqui).
Type. - A lone male (holotype) collected by Champion, deposited in the British Museum (Natural History).
Not being prepared for a critical study of
Cyphomyrmex
males, I gave this specimens only a perfunctory glance during my visit to the British Museum in August 1964. The specimen looks like a big
rimosus
male with comparatively huge frontal lobes. A future revision of the males of genus
Cyphomyrmex
will probably show that
championi
is the male caste of
salvini Forel
. The types of both species are from Panama, and both were described by Forel in the same paper.